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cannot and will not survive without technology. On the one
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development. I disappointed somewhat, that after such a long time, the subject of a science park' is still in the primitive stage of study. This type of attitude is certainly contrary to the usual Hong Kong tradition, and I fail to understand why. Perhaps, it may be due to a lack of expertise
within our Government or perhaps there is lack of
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in our technology and we must catch up.
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On the other hand, the quickest to acquire technology is
through technology transfer. Again, in this arena, whatever
Government has done has been on a very limited scale. In the
case of other countries, and more recently, Thailand, their Government have set up a Board of Investment in order to provide centralised services for foreign investorS、 and to promote foreign investment and technology to invest in their
20 country. What has Hong Kong, as an international city and a 21 gateway to and from China, done in this respect? What is our
budget for overseas investment promotion activities? suggested in the past to Government,
to Government, to give the duty of investment promotion to the Trade Development Council. However, if Government wishes to keep this important function, efforts must be better organised and executed in a
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important to Hong Kong. It does not merely provide local employment, but more significantly, it brings in modern
management and technology. I believe our Government should look at this urgently.
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Sir, I realize there are many other aspects, such as housing,
and so on, transport, medical and social services, infrastructure, etc, 35 that are important to Hong Kong: I have chosen to speak on the above two subjects which I feel we have to depend on for
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