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VICE PREMIER TIAN JIYUN, HKMAO DIRECTOR LU PING AND HONG KONG NCNA HEAD ZHOU NAN HAD ARRIVED IN GUANGZHOU SEPARATELY. MR LU AND MR ZHOU WOULD BE MEETING THE HONG KONG ADVISERS. REPORTED NOTED, HOWEVER, MR YEUNG AND MR TIAN REFUSED TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THEY WOULD ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THESE MEETINGS.
WATER SUPPLY BY CHINA.
23. REPORTS NOTED THE COMPLETION OF PHASE III EXPANSION OF THE GUANGDONG WATER SUPPLY TO HONG KONG WOULD BE ADVANCED TO THE END OF THIS YEAR. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN GUANGZHOU THE DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL BUREAU OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDRO- POWER. GUAN ZONGZHI, SAID THE PROJECT WOULD COST RMB 1.7 BN AND WOULD EB ABLE TO MEET HONG KONG'S NEEDS UP TO THE YEAR 2000. REPORTS NOTED MR GUAN WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF MEETINGS WITH THE SECRETARY OF WORKS LATER THIS YEAR TO DISCUSS THE PRICE OF GUANGDONG WATER AFTER MARCH 1994.
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