CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1991
13.10.91
28.10.91
29.10.91
9.11.91
12.11.91
15.11.91
18.11.91
22.11.91
29.11.91
1.12.91
2.12.91
3.12.91
6.12.91
9.12.91
10.12.91
29.12.91
31.12.91
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Financial Secretary Hamish Macleod leaves for Bangkok to attend the 46th annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Formal agreement is announced between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Vietnam on an Orderly Return Programme to repatriate Vietnamese illegal immigrants in Hong Kong.
The Duke of Edinburgh arrives for an international forum on his Award Scheme. Prince Edward, an Award holder, also attends the forum.
The first group of 59 Vietnamese illegal immigrants is repatriated under the Orderly Return Programme.
The Airport Consultative Committee, appointed by the Governor to provide a forum for community views, holds its first meeting in Hong Kong.
Lady Wilson opens the new Museum of Art, adjoining the Cultural Centre.
The Governor starts a six-day visit to Singapore and New Zealand to promote investment and trade.
The first Government Bonds are launched, the proceeds of which will help finance infrastructural developments.
Provisional agreement is reached for the Hong Kong Chinese Bank to take over the business of the Bank of Credit and Commerce Hong Kong. The government embarks on the first phase of the Kowloon Walled City clearance operation, to make way for a public park.
The new Hospital Authority takes over the management of all public hospitals in Hong Kong.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrive for an eight-day official visit. The 21st Meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group begins in Hong Kong.
Lord Caithness arrives in Hong Kong from Beijing.
'Polmet '91', an exhibition and conference on pollution in the metropolitan and urban environment, is opened by the Duke of Kent. The second group of 28 Vietnamese illegal immigrants is repatriated under the Orderly Return Programme.
Hong Kong suffers its coldest day for 16 years, with temperatures plummeting to 4.7 degrees Celsius and as low as minus 3 degrees on high ground.
The Governor is honoured with a life peerage in the Queen's New Year's Honours List, and it is announced in London that he will retire in 1992.