FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1985
ANNUAL BORDER REVIEW MEETING
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT, AT THE INVITATION OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD, A GROUP OF OFFICIALS FROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE, LED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROVINCIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE, MR ZHANG QINGPING, AND HEAD OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE. MR CHEN WENLI, WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 11) TO NOVEMBER 16.
THEY WILL BE IN HONG KONG TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF BORDER LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS. THE BORDER LIAISON SYSTEM, ESTABLISHED IN 1981, PROVIDES FOR EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION AND CONTACT AT THE BORDER BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RHKPF, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THE IR” GUANGDONG COUNTERPARTS.
ANNUAL REVIEWS HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE THEN- THE LAST TOOK PLACE IN CANTON IN NOVEMBER 1984. IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING THE REVIEW MEETING, THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION WILL VISIT PLACES OF INTEREST IN HONG KONG.
AUSTRALIANS MOVE TO TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN-BACKED COMPANY TO ACQUIRE A SITE AT THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PAID A DEPOSIT FOR THE AREA OF ABOUT 4 045 SQUARE METRES TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE COMPANY, ASIATECH CHEMICALS LIMITED, PLANS TO SET UP A PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PURITY COMPLEX CHEMICAL SALTS WHICH ARE USED TO PROTECT POLYMERS AND STYRENES FROM DISCOLOURATION AND DECOMPOSITION DURING PROCESSING AND FROM LIGHT AND OXYGEN OR DEGRADATION.
THIS UNIQUE PROCESS HAS BEEN NEWLY INVENTED AND PATENTED IN AUSTRALIA AND THE COMPANY HAS APPLIED FOR PATENTS IN 31 OTHER COUNTRIES.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION SAID THAT HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT ASIATECH HAD SELECTED THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AS THE PROJECT EMINENTLY SATISFIED THE CORPORATION'S SELECTION CRITERIA,
HE SAID IT BROADENED THE BASE OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY BY INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW PRODUCT PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED FROM ABROAD AND ALSO UTILISED NEW TECHNOLOGY.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, BESIDES BEING A MANUFACTURING OPERATION WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERTAKE IN THE TRADITIONAL HONG KONG HIGH-RISE FACTORY, THE PROJECT PLANS TO INCORPORATE GOVERNMENT-APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES THEREBY PRESERVING THE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
IT IS EXPECTED THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT COMPLETING THE GRANT OF THE SITE TO ASIATECH WILL TAKE PLACE EARLY NEXT MONTH.
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