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servants to various parts of China. I hope to see more such
contacts in the coming year, and also to see more Chinese
officials visiting Hong Kong.
100.
We need also to make members of our civil service
We will, therefore, develop
better-informed
about China.
our present China training programme so that civil servants,
at different levels and with different responsibilities, can
become more familiar with China and the way in which China
I believe that greater familiarity, and more
operates.
personal contact at all levels, will help us to handle
differences of opinion, when they occur, in а more
constructive way.
101.
Above all, it would be difficult to overstate the
our economic relationship with China. China
importance
is
of
our largest trading partner and a major contributor to
our GDP growth.
commercial
our economy.
The flow of capital, technology and
expertise from Hong Kong into Guangdong, as well
as other parts of Southern China, is a long-term feature of
So is the flow of goods and foodstuffs from
China to here. In 1989, no less than 14,000 Hong Kong-based
factories employed some two million workers in Southern
This has not only strengthened our production base,
China.
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