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Article: Hong Kong's success important to U.S., Consul General
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 19, 2008
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Hong Kong's success important to U.S., Consul General
HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The newly-appointed U.S. Consul
General in Hong Kong Joseph Donovan said here Wednesday that the U.
S. value its ties with Hong Kong as Hong Kong's success is important
to the U.S.
"What makes Hong Kong important to the U.S? It's a combination of
factors. And these factors are also the key to Hong Kong's well-
deserved reputation as a vibrant and dynamic, open society," said
Donovan while presenting a public lecture in the Chinese University
of Hong Kong.
"Hong Kong's commitment to free markets, its free press, its
independent judiciary, and its respect for individual and human
rights, make Hong Kong's ...