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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992

STI WELCOMES DECISION ON CHINA'S MFN STATUS

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CHAU, EXTEND

WELCOMES CHINA'S

T.H. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR PRESIDENT

GEORGE BUSH'S

ΤΟ DECISION MOST-FAVOURED-NATION (MFN) TRADE STATUS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

U.S.

PRESIDENT

MR

BUSH

ANOTHER

HAS INFORMED THE U.S. CONGRESS YESTERDAY (JUNE 2) THAT HE PLANS TO EXTEND CHINA'S MFN TRADE STATUS FOR YEAR.

BUSH'S

MR ACTION, COMMENTING ON PRESIDENT (WEDNESDAY): "THIS IS A GOOD NEWS FOR HONG KONG."

CHAU SAID

TODAY

"WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT, HOWEVER. IT IS LIKELY

ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE THE U.S. CONGRESS WILL AGAIN DECISION OR IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON THE RENEWAL OF MFN.

THAT

PRESIDENT'S

"THE MFN BATTLE IS THEREFORE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY

DUE GIVEN KONG'S CASE IS UNDERSTOOD AND ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS, HE ADDED.

"

FAR FROM

THE OVER.

HONG KONG EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT HONG

WEIGHT BY BOTH THE

U.S.

GOVERNOR TOURS YUEN LONG

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HOUSING

LONG AND

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED YUEN

CONSERVATION, VARIOUS DISTRICT TO SEE THE PROGRESS

OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

LORD WILSON FIRST

VISITED

THE RECENTLY RENOVATED SHAN, BOTH

WHICH

STUDY HALL AND THE TANG ANCESTRAL HALL IN PING WILL FORM PART OF HONG KONG'S FIRST HERITAGE TRAIL OPEN NEXT YEAR.

KUN TING OF WHICH IS DUE ΤΟ

"I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE THE PROGRESS

MADE WITH THIS

EXCITING

PROJECT.

BECAUSE

"THE PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE IS IMPORTANT IT REMINDS THE COMMUNITY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF EARLIER GENERATIONS.

IN HONG

KONG

IS 90 "THE PACE OF CHANGE SOMETHING OF THE PAST HELPS US TO KEEP OUR BEARINGS,

RAPID,

PRESERVING

++ HE SAID.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF

THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON PROGRESS WITH THE TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN FROM A ROOF TOP IN THE TIN YIU ESTATE.

/HE VISITED