CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1994
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A White Bill is published seeking public views on reconstituting the Provisional Airport Authority into a permanent government-owned organisa- tion to develop and operate Hong Kong's new airport, which is under construction at Chek Lap Kok.
The Law Reform Commission publishes its report on copyright, recommend- ing improved protection for broadcasting, literary works, video tapes and computer programmes.
Twelve people are killed and one injured in a fire set by an arsonist at the Shek Kip Mei branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
The Governor, the Right Honourable Christopher Patten, leaves on an eight- day visit to London for talks with the Prime Minister, Mr John Major, and other officials on the progress of legislation on political development in Hong Kong.
The Governor gives evidence before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in London, which is looking into the United Kingdom's relations with China, up to and beyond 1997.
The Central Tender Board accepts a $122 million bid for the provision of electrical and mechanical services for the Cheung Ching Tunnel as part of the Airport Core Programme (ACP). It was the first of 63 contracts, amounting to over $18.4 billion, awarded during the year by the government, the Provisional Airport Authority, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation and the Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited for a range of ACP-related works.
The Secretary for Trade and Industry, Mr Chau Tak-hay, leads a high-level Hong Kong delegation to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to promote the territory in the international business community.
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