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Monday, April 9, 1973
JAPANESE CULTURAL MISSION CALLS ON NEW URBCO CHAIRMAN
A nine-man Japanese Cultural Exchange Mission called on the new
Urban Council Chairman, Mr. A. de 0. Sales, at the City Hall today and
presented him with a scroll on behalf of the Japanese Government.
The Mission, led by Mr. Kiichi Miyazawa, Member of the House of
Representatives, is currently on a South Asian tour which has so far taken
them to Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and South Vietnam.
It was the first official mission to be received by Mr. Sales as
Chairman of the Urban Council.
The Director of Urban Services Department, Mr. D.R.W. Alexander,
and the Assistant Director (Cultural Services), Mr. Darwin Chen, were also
present to welcome the Mission.
The visitors spent more than an hour at the City Hall looking over
ita facilities,
Mr. Sales said afterwards that Mr. Miyazawa showed great interest
in Hong Kong's cultural activities and he looked forward to more exchange
visits by cultural groups.
At the end of the visit, Mr. Sales presented Mr. Miyazawa with an
album containing pictures of Hong Kong in 1846,
Release time: 7.30 p.m.
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