FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1974
HONG KONG DELEGATE TO ATTEND COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN COLOM30
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MR. WILSON WANG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL, IS TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT THE 20TH COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA FROM SEPTEMLER 1 TO 15.
HE IS LEAVING ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 1) AFTERNOON ON
FLIGHT NO. SQ 631.
ABOUT 200 DELEGATES COMPRISING SPEAKERS, MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIANENT FROM NEARLY 90 LEGISLATURES OF THE COMMONWEALTH WILL ATTEND THE CONFERENCE WHICH IS BEING HOSTED BY THE SRI LANKA BRANCH OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION.
BEFORE THE START OF THE CONFERENCE SESSIONS, VISITORS WILL BE TAKEN ON TOUR TO PLACES OF HISTORICAL AND SCENIC
INTERESTS.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA, MR. W. GOPALLAUA, ON SEPTEMBER 6 AT THE BANDARANAIKE MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HALL. MR. STANLEY TILLEKERATNE, MP, SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL STATE ASSEMBLY, SRI LANKA, UHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE.
SOME OF THE SUBJECTS WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND PROBLEMS OF PEACE AND NEUTRALITY IN OTHER REGIONS THE WORLD ENERGY CRISIS INTERNATIONAL AID- SCOPE, FORM AND DIRECTION= UNREST AMONG YOUTH: THE CHALLENGE TO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS- THE PROBLEMS OF THE SMALLER COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH= WORLD POPULATION YEAR= CONTROL OF POLLUTION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT- AND COHIODITY PRICES AND THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIALISED AND THE PRIMARY PRODUCING COUNTRIES WITH REFERENCE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
THE OBJECT OF PLENARY CONFERENCES OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO BRING TOGETHER MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT EXCHANGE VIEWS ON MATTERS OF CORMON INTEREST.
THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION IS AN ASSOCIATION OF HEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTS WHO. IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, RELIGION AND CULTURE, ARE UNITED IN THE COMMONWEALTH BY COMMUNITY OF INTEREST, RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN AND THE PURSUIT OF THE IDEALS OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY. THE ASSOCIATION IS UNIQUE IN PROVIDING THE MACHINERY FOR REGULAR CONSULTATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARIANS.
THE ASSOCIATION HAS BRANCHES IN ALMOST ALL LEGISLATURES IN THE COMMONWEALTH. THE STRONG SUPPORT WHICH IT ENJOYS IN THESE LEGISLATURES IS REFLECTED BY THE FACT THAT MOST DELEGATIONS TO THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE ARE LED BY SPEAKERS OR MINISTERS.
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