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STATEMENT BY HON LYDIA DUNN, CBE, LLD, JP

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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300 g Trade Development Council Annual Report and Accounts 1983/84

Sir,

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Introduction

Laken

Tabled today is the Annual Report of the Trade

Development Council for the financial year 1983/84.

During the year under review, the international

economic climate improved steadily, and Hong Kong enjoyed a satisfactory recovery in trade which has been sustained in the

current financial year.

Against this background, the TDC has maintained a high

level of promotional activity worldwide in support of local manufacturers and trading companies. In particular, our

strategy has been to maximise our efforts in those markets

where the potential for increasing trade is greatest and where

TDC support is most needed.

On this basis, while ensuring the continuity of Hong Kong's strong promotional presence in our traditional major markets in the United States and Western Europe, we have placed particular emphasis on developing trade with Japan and in

nurturing Hong Kong's rapidly growing business relationship

with China.

Overseas Activities

During the year under review, certain high profile

activities such as our promotions in New York, the Harrods in-store promotion in London and the first Hong Kong product exhibition in Guangzhou inevitably attracted the most

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publicity, but it is important to put such events into the context of a broadly based programme in which many hundreds of

Hong Kong manufacturers and exporters were put in contact with

potential buyers for their products around the world..

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