Sir,
Speech by Mr P. Jacobs, Secretary for Economic Services
in the Legislative Council
on Wednesday, 17 April 1985
In Hong Kong we believe that business is best
conducted by businessmen with a minimum of bureaucratic
interference. This commercial freedom has been and will
continue to be the cornerstone of our economic
success.
But freedom depends to a great extent on the acceptance of
certain ethical standards. Happily, Hong Kong in general
meets these ethical standards. And Hong Kong as a
shopping centre continues to give good value.
2.
Recently, however, some tourists have complained
that they have received unsatisfactory service from a
number of retailers dealing principally in radio
equipment, cameras and So on. Mr CHAN Kam-chuen has very
rightly drawn attention to this unsatisfactory state of
affairs and has said that we must protect tourists from
being cheated or robbed, otherwise our image as a tourist
centre may be tarnished. It is not only tourists who
suffer. Many of the complaints, indeed the greater
number, are made by local residents.
3.
Consumer
The Hong Kong Tourist Association, and the
Council now led by Mrs Selina Chow do much good
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