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AND TO TELELETTER CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, MEXICO CITY, LIMA, SANTIAGO AND TO TELELETTER PEKING, TOKYO, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SEOUL AND TO TELELETTER MANILA, BANGKOK, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AND TO TELELETTER SUVA, NUKU'ALOFA
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COPIES TO: CHANCERIES- CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON
HONG KONG, MEXICO CITY, LIMA, SANTIAGO, PEKING, TOKYO JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SEOUL, MANILA, BANGKOK BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SUVA, NUKU'ALOFA
8TH PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC)
SINGAPORE: 20-22 MAY 91
SUMMARY
1. 15 PECC MEMBER COUNTRIES AND TWO PECC MEMBER ORGANISATIONS (PBEC AND PAFTAD), TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF OBSERVERS (I REPRESENTED THE UK) ATTENDED THE 8TH PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC)
IN SINGAPORE ON 20-22 MAY 1991.
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2.THE CONFERENCE, BRINGING TOGETHER SOME 200 ACADEMICS, BUSINESSMEN AND OFFICIALS, PROVIDED A USEFUL FORUM FOR DISCUSSION LITTLE NEW EMERGED. TASKFORCES ON AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, PACIFIC ISLAND
NATIONS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TOURISM HAD PREPARED REPORTS AND FURTHER COMMITTEES WERE SET UP TO
STUDY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM. BUT THERE
SEEMED LITTLE EFFORT TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED. THE CONFERENCE WAS SOMEWHAT UNWIELDLY. THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE SET SPEECHES BY THE SINGAPORE PM, GOH CHOK TONG, THE MALAYSIAN MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY, RAFIDAH AZIZ, AND THE US VICE-PRESIDENT, DAN QUAYLE.
SPEECHES
3. SINGAPORE'S PRIME MINISTER, GOH CHOK TONG, BEGAN HIS KEYNOTE
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