CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1996
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The British and Chinese sides of the Airport Committee sign an agreement to build a second runway at the new airport at Chek Lap Kok.
Hong Kong organises a large-scale promotion, Hong Kong-USA '96, in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles up to June 11. Activities feature business conferences, fashion shows, concerts, film festivals, lectures, an exhibition and a variety show.
Prominent businessman Mr Tung Chee Hwa resigns from the Executive Council after three and a half years in that body.
Six workers die when a cantilever scaffold collapses at an airport railway construction site in Kwai Chung.
Maritime administrators from seven Asian countries attend the second Asian Shipping Forum in Hong Kong. Safety at sea and protecting the environment are among topics discussed.
More than 300 delegates of 140 member countries and territories of the World Customs Organisation and various associated international bodies gather in Hong Kong for their 1996 conference. Hong Kong became a member in 1987 and will continue to be a separate customs territory and a full organisation member beyond July 1, 1997.
Urban renewal measures are announced to speed up and widen the scope of redevelopment. In the longer term, the government will consider upgrading the Land Development Corporation to a statutory Urban Renewal Authority and setting up a fund to encourage proper building maintenance.
A Sino-British agreement on new air traffic rights covering Hong Kong lets the territory's airlines overfly China on major services to Hanoi, Europe and North America.
The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, meets the US Secretary of State, Mr Warren Christopher, in Washington DC. She has discussions with the National Security Adviser, Mr Anthony Lake and Senate majority leader, Senator Trent Lott.
Governor Patten formally approves a 123-hectare extension to Sai Kung Country Park covering the Wan Tsai Peninsula and three adjacent islands at Hoi Ha Wan.
The Secretary for Transport-designate, Mr Gordon Siu, leads a delegation to Beijing and Fuzhou for general familiarisation.
A delegation led by Secretary for Trade and Industry, Ms Denise Yue, leaves for Switzerland to attend an informal ministerial meeting in Lausanne. The meeting discusses the programme of the World Trade Organisation.