SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1985
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MR CHEUNG AND MR CHAN WILL VISIT COMPANIES IN THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELECTRONIC, PLASTICS, ELECTRICAL AND METAL FIELDS.
THEY WILL ALSO MAKE FOLLOW-UP VISITS TO COMPANIES WHICH HAVE ALREADY SHOWN AN INTEREST IN INVESTING IN HONG KONG AND WHICH ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
THE TRIP IS ONE OF A REGULAR SERIES OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSIONS TO AUSTRALIA WHICH HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SINCE 1976.
AT PRESENT, AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS IN HONG KONG RANK EIGHTH AMONG OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, WITH 25 ESTABLISHMENTS AND TOTAL INVESTMENT ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $188 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT IS IN CONTACT WITH ABOUT 100 AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES WHICH HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN MANUFACTURING IN HONG KONG.
COUNCILLORS, DB MEMBERS TO +GREEN UP+ HONG KONG
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URBAN COUNCILLORS AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DO THE IR PART IN +GREENING UP+ HONG KONG NEXT WEEK BY PLANTING TREES IN THE URBAN AREAS.
IN ALL, 15 URBAN COUNCILLORS AND 26 DB MEMBERS WILL TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN MONDAY AND SATURDAY (MAY 6 – 11).
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME ARE TO BEAUTIFY THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND TO AROUSE GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROLE THAT TREES CAN PLAY IN DENSELY-POPULATED AREAS.
DETAILS OF THE WEEK-LONG PROGRAMME ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MAY 6:
11.00 A.M. KO SHAN PARK
MR PETER C.K. CHAN
AILANTHUS FO
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MRS MARGARET LI
(10 NOS.)
MAY 7:
10.00 A.M.
MORSE PARK NO. 3 MISS CECILIA YEUNG
BAUHINIA BLA
KEANA
(10 NOS.)
/2.30 P.M.
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