FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992
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SCOTTISH BUSINESSMEN TOLD OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN HK
THE
SCOTTISH BUSINESSMEN ARE KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS IN THE TERRITORY.
THIS BECAME APPARENT DURING A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO THE REGION BY THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR JOHN YAXLEY, WHO SPOKE TO LEADING BANKERS INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN IN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW ABOUT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
DURING THE VISIT, WHICH ENDED ON THURSDAY, MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE TWO CITIES EXPRESSED A KEEN
IN INTEREST
DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.
MR
YAXLEY URGED THEM TO INVEST IN HONG KONG, POINTING OUT HUGE POTENTIAL THAT EXISTED IN THE TERRITORY,
THE
SCOTTISH FIRMS, HE SAID, SHOULD NOT MISS OUT ON THE CONTRACTS THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS OFFERED THEM.
HE TOLD BUSINESSMEN TO VISIT HONG KONG AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT THE TERRITORY HAD TO OFFER.
ADDRESSING A SEMINAR IN GLASGOW TODAY ON "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG", JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SCOTTISH COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN
MR LONDON,
YAXLEY EXPLAINED THE ROLE HONG KONG WAS PLAYING IN THE ZONES OPENING UP OF CHINA AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC IN SOUTH CHINA.
HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE AS A FOCUS OF ACTIVITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.
HE SAID FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND PROBABLY WELL BEYOND, LIKELY THAT THE ECONOMIES OF THE REGION WOULD OFFER THE MOST BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN THE WORLD.
IT
WAS
IT WAS EXCITING
PITY
IF OUT
A
A GREATLY EXPANDING AREA AND IT WOULD BE SCOTTISH BUSINESSMEN, AND BRITISH BUSINESSMEN AS A WHOLE, MISSED ON TRADING OPPORTUNITIES, MR YAXLEY SAID.
AGAINST
BACKGROUND OF A RAPIDLY THE
EXPANDING
ASIA
PACIFIC
ECONOMY, AN ECONOMY WHICH IN A DECADE OR SO WOULD BE LARGER THAN OF EUROPE OR NORTH AMERICA, AND HONG KONG'S OWN VERY BUOYANT THERE WERE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRITISH BUSINESSMEN,
THAT
ECONOMY,
HONG KONG, HE SAID, WAS THE BEST BASE FROM WHICH TO GRASP THEM. IT OFFERED A GREAT MANY ADVANTAGES TO BRITISH BUSINESS.
/OTHERS WHO
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