XN000022-1994-11-29 — Page 7

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1994

"INDEED, HONG KONG HAS LONG BEEN A VERY ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR JAPANESE PEOPLE AND COMPANIES WHERE THEY CAN SAFELY AND EASILY INVEST AND DO BUSINESS.

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EXAMPLE, JAPAN IS THE LARGEST FOREIGN INVESTOR IN THE SECTOR IN HONG KONG. THERE ARE ABOUT 1,800 JAPANESE COMPANIES IN HONG KONG, AND THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE, HE ADDED.

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LOOKING AHEAD, MR LAW SAID HONG KONG WOULD REMAIN A SEPARATE ECONOMIC ENTITY AFTER 1997.

AS A HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA, HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY, AND THE BORDER BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER PARTS OF CHINA WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ EXIST, HE SAID.

HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) IN DUE COURSE, HE ADDED.

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'ALL THIS IS PROVIDED FOR IN BOTH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE BASIC LAW FOR THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF HONG KONG WHICH WILL COME INTO BEING IN JULY

1997.

" AND IT IS WHOLLY RIGHT THAT IT SHOULD BE SO, FOR IT IS BY REMAINING AN AUTONOMOUS TRADING PARTNER AND A SEPARATE ECONOMIC FORCE THAT HONG KONG CAN BEST RETAIN ITS DYNAMISM, BUILD ON ITS CURRENT ROLE AND CONTINUE TO BE OF BENEFIT TO ITSELF AND TO CHINA, MR LAW SAID.

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ED STAFF RECOGNISED FOR GOOD SERVICE

THE QUALITY SERVICE OF AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBER HAS PAID OFF AFTER HE HAS WON TWO CONSECUTIVE AWARDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN 1993/94.

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TSEUNG KWAN 0

THE STAFF IS MR LAI CHI-KWONG, WORKMAN II GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHO IS AWARDED BOTH THE FOURTH QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL AWARDS.

THE HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND INITIATIVE OF MR LAI TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WERE RECOGNISED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF INCENTIVE AWARD SCHEME FOR GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD LAST WEEK, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WONG, PRESENTED ANNUAL STAFF INCENTIVE AWARDS, A 999.9 GOLD CARD AT A COST OF $1,000, TO MR LAI AND MR TSE YUE-LEUNG, WORKMAN II OF ISLAND ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTERLY AWARDS, MR LAI CHI-KWONG AND TWO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, MR WOO KAR-FOO, A WORKMAN AT TSEUNG KWAN 0 GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND MISS MA SUET-FONG, A CLERK AT THE VISUAL SECTION.

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