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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
MRS CHAN ALSO STRESSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHINA'S POLICY TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
OPEN
DOOR
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'THE OPEN DOOR POLICY HAS TRANSFORMED THE FACE OF CHINA. ITS IMPACT HAS BEEN NO LESS PROFOUND FOR HONG KONG.
BUT
TAKING ITS
"IT IS A MATTER OF PRIDE FOR US THAT CHINA IS NOW PLACE IN THE ECONOMIC AS WELL AS THE POLITICAL COUNCILS OF THE WORLD.
ARE
LIVES OF FOUNDATION
"HONG KONG KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HOW FAR-REACHING THE CHANGES IN CHINA AND HOW GREAT THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ITS CITIZENS. THIS KNOWLEDGE, I BELIEVE, IS ANOTHER SECURE ON WHICH WE, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HOPE TO BUILD OUR FUTURE.
LAST
FOR HONG KONG'S I'I' FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR PARTICULARLY WIDE TRADERS AND INVESTORS, UNDERPINNING OUR BOOMING ECONOMY OVER THE DECADE.
"THE
OPEN DOOR POLICY ALSO CLEARED THE WAY FOR A SOLUTION TO THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF HONG KONG.
HELPED
ΤΟ MAKE POSSIBLE
CONSTRUCTIVE
FUTURE AS A SPECIAL OUR "IT
COUNTRY BUT TWO ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. SO THAT THERE COULD BE ONE SEPARATE SYSTEMS.
TO CO- "IN THE REMAINING YEARS OF TRANSITION, WE STAND READY
REALITY OF THE 'ONE WITH CHINA TO MAKE A CONSTRUCTIVELY OPERATE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' CONCEPT."
TO
WITH THE
THE CHIEF SECRETARY BELIEVED THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY IN ITS TRANSACTIONS OUTSIDE WORLD INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
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HK'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AMONG BEST IN ASIA
GENERAL,
MR
THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) ARE CONFRONTATIONAL IN THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG,
R FUNG, DANIEL SOLICITOR (WEDNESDAY),
NOT
THE
QC,
IN SAID
GENEVA
TODAY
SPEAKING AT
A
HEARING OF THE
UNITED
NATIONS
OF MEMBER
COMMITTEE
ON
THE BRITISH AND CORDIAL
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AS A DELEGATION, MR FUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT ENJOYED A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH NGOS, AND HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THEIR VIEWS THE UNITED KINGDOM'S REPORT AND CONCERNS
PREPARATION OF THE IN
COVERING HONG KONG.
A HEALTHY AND
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED NOT ONLY TO MAINTAIN CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE WITH NGOS BUT, ADDITIONALLY, TO STRENGTHEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
HONG
HAS KONG
BY AND LARGE A VERY
RIGHTS
HUMAN IMPRESSIVE RECORD, ONE WHICH MUST RANK AMONG THE VERY BEST IN ASIA, MR FUNG SAID.
/HE NOTED
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