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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1986
A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, MR CHEUNG, 18, IS A KEEN SINGER AND ENJOYS ENTERTAINING HONG KONG PAVILION STAFF WITH HIS RENDITIONS DURING STAFF GATHERINGS.
IN ONE OF THE SEQUENCES IN THE VIDEO, MR CHEUNG IS FEATURED IN THE HONG KONG PAVILION STAFF UNIFORM, PUTTING UP HIS RIGHT HAND AND CHANTING THE SONG TITLE IN CANTONESE.
COUNTRIES FROM EVERY CONTINENT TAKING PART IN EXPO SENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE RECORDING OF THE SONG. THEY WERE EITHER WEARING NATIONAL COSTUMES OR PAVILION UNIFORMS.
ACCEPTING +PEACE ON EARTH+ ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS PAVILION, MR JIM CARNEY SAID, +WORLD EXPOSITIONS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN JUST TECHNOLOGY THEY SHOULD REFLECT THE WISHES AND DREAMS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
+1 BELIEVE THIS. PROJECT CAPTURES THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE 1986 WORLD EXPOSITION.+
MEET THE MEDIA
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THE NEW SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, WILL MEET THE MEDIA ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AT 4 PM IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
NOTE TO EDITORS
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
HO LEAVES FOR GATT TALKS
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY) EN ROUTE TO PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY, WHERE TALKS ARE TO BE HELD ON THE FUTURE OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT).
DURING HIS ABSENCE, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR S.A. WEBB-JOHNSON, WILL ACT AS SECRETARY.
THE URUGUAY TALKS WILL RUN FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO 19.
MR HO WILL TRAVEL TO PUNTA DEL ESTE VIA LONDON.
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