FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1990
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO VISIT TOKYO, SEOUL
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR
PIERS
WILL JACOBS,
LEAVE
HONG
KONG ON SUNDAY (JUNE 24) FOR A VISIT TO TOKYO AND SEOUL.
PROGRAMME OF
A THIS IS PART OF
OVERSEAS VISITS BY SENIOR BETWEEN HONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DESIGNED TO BUILD UP UNDERSTANDING KONG AND ITS TRADING PARTNERS.
AND
CALL ON SENIOR DURING HIS VISIT, SIR PIERS
AND FINANCIAL MEET MEMBERS OF OFFICIALS
COMMERCIAL,
THEM ON THE LATEST CONSTRUCTION CIRCLES IN BOTH COUNTRIES TO BRIEF DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.
WILL
THE
GOVERNMENT
FOR
FOREIGN
PARLIAMENTARY
PARLIAMENTARY
HIS PROGRAMME IN TOKYO INCLUDES MEETING WITH THE VICE-MINISTER
MR AFFAIRS,
I. ISHII; TRADE INTERNATIONAL
AND MINISTRY OF
INDUSTRY, MR VICE-MINISTER,
ROAD BUREAU, MINISTRY FUKUSHIRO NUKAGA; DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE
MR CONSTRUCTION,
OF MANAGING DIRECTOR KEIDANREN, MR NUKAZAWA.
MITANI; HIROSHI
AND
OF
THE
27) EVENING, SIR CENTRE FOR
BEFORE LEAVING FOR SEOUL ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE PIERS WILL ADDRESS A RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SEMINAR AT TOKAI UNIVERSITY.
OF THE KOREAN FEDERATION IN SEOUL, HE WILL MEET MEMBERS BANKS AND THE OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION.
SIR PIERS WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30.
OF
HONG KONG TO SET UP NEW SHIPPING REGISTER
KONG SHIPPING REGISTER THE SETTING UP OF AN INDEPENDENT HONG
KONG'S STATUS AS A LEADING CENTRE WILL GREATLY ENHANCE HONG
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SHIPPING AND MARITIME COMMERCE,
ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR RAFAEL HUI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
OF
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR HUI SAID THE SETTING THE NEW HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER WOULD ALSO MARK- AN IMPORTANT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
THE PRESENT
ARRANGEMENTS UNDER
WHICH
SHIPS FORMED PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REGISTER BEYOND JULY 1, 1997, MR HUI SAID.
UP OF STEP
HONG KONG REGISTERED COULD NOT CONTINUR
HONG KONG
A PROVISION IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AUTHORISED THE
TO
то CONTINUE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
MAINTAIN A SHIPPING LEGISLATION IN REGISTER AND ISSUE RELATED CERTIFICATES UNDER ITS OWN THE NAME OF "HONG KONG, CHINA", HE SAID.
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