CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1991
16.1.91
21.1.91
23.1.91
24.1.91
31.1.91
18.2.91
22.2.91
28.2.91
Hong Kong Fashion Week opens at the Convention and Exhibition Centre, attracting leading fashion experts from around the world. Governor Sir David Wilson leaves for Beijing for discussions on the new airport with Chinese Premier Li Peng and other officials.
The Town Planning (Amendment) Bill 1991, aimed at preventing further degradation of the environment in rural areas, is passed by the Legislative Council.
APEX'91, an international airport, port and transportation development exhibition and conference, opens in Hong Kong.
Chief Secretary Sir David Ford heads a Hong Kong delegation to promote the territory at a World Economic Forum meeting at Davos in Switzerland.
A group of Hong Kong officials headed by Political Adviser William Ehrman visits Zhongshan for the 11th annual border review with Guangdong officials.
The Office of the Exchange Fund is set up.
Hong Kong signs a new Air Service Agreement with New Zealand.
More than 65 000 applications are received as the deadline for the British Nationality Selection Scheme expires.
More than 424 000 people (32.5 per cent of electors) turn out to vote in the District Board elections.
Hong Kong signs a new Air Service Agreement with Malaysia.
3.3.91
4.3.91
Lu Ping, Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China's State Council, commences a three-day visit to Hong Kong.
5.3.91
Two hundred Gurkha soldiers from the Gurkha Transport Regiment in Hong Kong are among British forces commended for their services in the Gulf War.
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