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ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROVINCE, BUT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN THEIR DONATIONS AFTER LAST YEAR'S FLOODS.
6. FU ENUMERATED WITH EVIDENT ENTHUSIASM THE ADVANTAGES OF HIS
PROVINCE. IT HAD :
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GOOD COMMUNICATIONS, BEING NEAR THE COAST AND WITH THE YANGTZE RIVER RUNNING THROUGH IT:
SUBSTANTIAL COAL AND IRON RESERVES:
A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, ESPECIALLY IN COAL MINING, POWER, LIGHT INDUSTRY AND PROCESSING:
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A RELATIVELY DEVELOPED AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WHICH PRODUCED A
VARIETY OF PRODUCTS:
- A GOOD TOURIST INDUSTRY (115,000 FOREIGNERS VISITED IN 1990, MAINLY TO SEE THE HUANGSHAN MOUNTAINS).
7.
I SAID THAT I HOPED TO VISIT ANHUI AND SEE THE FAMOUS
MOUNTAINS. I WAS SURE THAT HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN WERE KEEN TO INVEST IN PROJECTS IN THE PROVINCE. THESE PRESENTED AN EXCELLENT MEANS FOR THEM TO USE THEIR MONEY TO THEIR OWN AND ANHUI'S ADVANTAGE. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, IN REPLY TO MY QUESTION AS TO WHAT HAD SURPRISED MOST HIM ABOUT HONG KONG, FU SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND THE NUMBER OF TALL BUILDINGS HERE. I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WOULD BE EVEN MORE TALL BUILDINGS WHEN WE HAD BUILT THE NEW AIRPORT, THEREBY FREEING KOWLOON FOR HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT. I WAS AMUSED TO SEE YANG YOUYONG OF NCNA
SCRIBBLING FURIOUSLY IN HIS NOTEBOOK AT THIS POINT.
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