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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1993
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The Sino-British Airport Committee meets in Hong Kong, to continue discussions on the financial arrangements for the new airport projects. Three further meetings are held during the year.
Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Elizabeth Wong, leads a government delegation to the Ninth International Conference on AIDS in Berlin. The last group of 175 recruits of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) pass out. The regiment will be disbanded in 1995.
The government announces arrangements for a new housing scheme to help middle-income families buy their own homes.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive, Mr Joseph Yam, represents Hong Kong at the annual meeting in London of the Central Bank Governors, hosted by the Bank of England.
The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group holds its 26th meeting in Hong Kong to discuss arrangements for the smooth transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. The 27th and 28th meetings are held in Beijing and London on September 14 and December 7, respectively.
A $3.2 billion contract is signed for the West New Territories Landfill, the first of three strategic large-capacity landfills to be developed under Hong Kong's long-term waste management strategy.
The government announces arrangements for the implementation of the Home Secretary's decision to allow Hong Kong British Dependent Territories Citizens to retain their passports in addition to their British National (Overseas) passport.
The Governor attends a Cabinet Committee meeting in London to discuss the way forward in the Sino-British talks on the political development in Hong Kong.
The Telecommunications Authority is set up to oversee all aspects of the regulation of telecommunications services in Hong Kong.
Twenty senior civil servants attend the first seven-week China studies course at Beijing's Qinghua University.
The 30 000th Vietnamese illegal immigrant returns home under the UNHCR's Voluntary Repatriation Programme.
Hong Kong becomes the first major city in the world to have a completely digital telephone network.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Douglas Hurd, arrives in Hong Kong, after a visit to Beijing.
A medical services consultative document, 'Towards Better Health', is published, offering various options for health care reform including increased accessibility, more choice, better services, improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and simpler administration.