|
|
Article: Chinese officials tell business leaders that Hong Kong's economic role to expand post-1997.
- Article from:
- Business Wire
- Article date:
- January 19, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Business Wire. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19--A dozen Hong Kong business leaders returned Thursday from three days of meetings in Beijing with senior Chinese officials, and today characterized their discussions about the economic and investment future of Hong Kong as "extraordinarily positive."
Henry K.S. Cheng, managing director of Hong Kong's New World Development Co. and chairman of the advisory council of The Better Hong Kong Foundation, and Leonie Ki, chief executive of the Foundation, told a gathering of reporters here today that discussions in Beijing underscored for delegation members that the Chinese government fully recognizes the economic importance of Hong Kong ...