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YUEN LONG DELEGATION VISITING USA AND CANADA
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A 25-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE LEFT THE UNITED STATES FOR CANADA ON NORTH AMERICAN STUDY TOUR.
YUEN THE
LONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS FINAL LEG OF A TWO-WEEK
EXAMINING THE GROUP, WHICH LEFT HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 26, WAS
AFFECTING FIRST-HAND A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES
RESIDENTS IN HONOLULU,
LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO AND VANCOUVER,
THE PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, ARRANGED TRADE THROUGH THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND
OFFICE
SAN IN
FRANCISCO, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, TOWN PLANNING AND COVERED TRAFFIC AND PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN THESE US CITIES.
THE
KUEN, CHAIRMAN OF
IN SAN FRANCISCO DELEGATION LEADER, MR TAI YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, SAID THAT BOARD MEMBERS FOUND THE TOUR INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE.
MOST
THAT
ΤΟ MEMBERS HE ADDED THAT THE VISIT HAD ENABLED
COMPARE HONG WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS KONG'S DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES CONFRONTED MANY NORTH AMERICAN CITIES.
WITH HONOLULU THE FIRST STOP ON THE ITINERARY,
THE MAYOR'S WAS BRIEFED BY
OFFICE
CITY'S ON THE PLANNING, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS POLICIES.
THE DELEGATION TRANSPORTATION,
BRIEFED ON WERE SAN FRANCISCO THE DISTRICT AND AND OTHER
IN LOS ANGELES 'THE BOARD MEMBERS
PLANNING MATTERS, WHILE IN TRANSPORTATION AND DELEGATION TOURED THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TRANSPORTATION WERE BRIEFED ON
BAY THE
AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
ECONOMIC WORK OF THE
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A COURTESY CALL TO THE HONG KONG
A DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE AND AND TRADE OFFICE AND
OVERSEAS OFFICES.
TOUR, INCLUDES A
TOWN PLANNING
AND
THE VISIT TO VANCOUVER, WHICH CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING BY THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD ON THE CITY'S EDUCATION SYSTEM,
OUTLINES ON THE AS WELL AS
SYSTEM, POLITICAL
TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
YUEN LONG IS THE SECOND DISTRICT BOARD TO TOUR TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAVING VISITED IN AUGUST 1987.
NORTH AMERICA,
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