Tung vows to enhance advantages ����Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa promised on January 20 to reduce the region's business costs and expand investment in education and environmental protection. ����He said the move will be made to improve Hong Kong's competitiveness and to help it surmount current economic difficulties. ����Tung made the statement after a six and a half-hour closed-door discussion with members of his new International Advisory Council. ����The SAR government will invest HK$235 billion (US$30.4 billion) in education in the following five years to train more skilled professionals, Tung said. ����"And we will do a lot of work to improve our environment and sanitary conditions in the future," Tung said. ����Meanwhile, Hong Kong will further fortify its status as a financial center in the Asia-Pacific region and will take effective measures to boost its tourism in coming years. ����"We will turn Hong Kong into one of the most successful international cities in Asia and one of the most important cities in China," Tung said. ����Expanding investment in infrastructural facilities, education, environment and sanitation will help provide more job opportunities, Tung said. ����Hong Kong can transfer its processing industry to the vast mainland market and benefit from the mainland's sustained economic growth, Tung said.( via China Daily by Zheng Caixiong) ���� HomeNews 1999-01-21 Page4 Full Story in Chinese