MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1989
"OVER THE
TWO PAST
YEARS, HONG
KONG'S
TRADE
WITH THESE COUNTRIES HAS GROWN AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 35.5 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS. THESE MARKETS NOW REPRESENT 21.3 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL TRADE. HE SAID,
"OUR STATUS AS A REGIONAL CONTINUE TO BE STRENGTHENED, HE ADDED.
BUSINESS CENTRE WILL THEREFORE
IT
STANDING COMMITTEE VISITS IMMIGRATION DEPT
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FIVE MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE VISITED THE IMMIGRATION THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
THEY ARE MR ANTHONY CHEUNG, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI, MRS MR BRIAN RENWICK AND MR TANG KWAI-NANG.
THE
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NELLIE FONG,
THE VISITORS WERE RECEIVED BY
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR H.C. YEUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (VIETNAMESE REFUGEES), MR W.Y. CHAN, AND OTHER SENIOR STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY VISITED HEI LING CHAU DETENTION CENTRE AND SAW THE SCREENING OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
THE PARTY ALSO WENT ΤΟ STONECUTTERS ISLAND AND SAW THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF NEWLY ARRIVED VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS THE SECOND OF THE THREE FAMILIARISATION TOURS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR BY MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
SPECIAL DB MEETING TO STUDY TRANSPORT GREEN PAPER
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ON
THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 6) TO STUDY THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY IN HONG KONG.
THE PAPER IS THE BASIS ON WHICH VIEWS ARE SOUGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG TERM TRANSPORT STRATEGY FOR THE TERRITORY.
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