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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1991
HAS ALSO
A DOCUMENT CONVEYOR
BEEN INSTALLED ΤΟ RUN FROM BASEMENT 2 TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR TO FACILITATE TRANSPORTATION OF LICENCES AND DOCUMENTS BETWEEN LICENSING OFFICES AND THE COMPUTER HALL.
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT ISSUES OVER FOUR MILLION LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES FOR TEXTILES, CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN AND STRATEGIC COMMODITIES.
STATEMENT CONCERNING HK/VIETNAM AIR SERVICES
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES CONCERNING A REPORT THAT HONG KONG IS TO LIFT THE BAN ON SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY):
"THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AND THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS ON AIR SERVICES SINCE THE OF AIR LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES IN THE MID-70'S.
WHICH SAID VIETNAM, A
HONG KONG
SUSPENSION
"NO PROPOSALS FOR SUCH DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN PUT TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES.
"THEREFORE THERE IS NO CLEAR INDICATION AT THIS STAGE AS WHEN CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND AIR HONG KONG LTD MAY BE PERMITTED FLY TO HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY OR WHEN VIETNAMESE AIRLINES SERVE HONG KONG."
TO
TO
MAY-
APPOINTMENTS TO ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD ANNOUNCED
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THE GOVERNOR HAS RE-APPOINTED MR EDWARD HO SING-TIN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD FOR ONE YEAR UP ΤΟ DECEMBER 31, 1991, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR HO, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD SINCE 1989. HE IS AN ARCHITECT AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO RE-APPOINTED FIVE MEMBERS AND SEVEN NEW MEMBERS FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1,
APPOINTED
1991.
ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL AND ONE FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCIL HAVE ALSO BEEN RE-APPOINTED WITH THEIR TERMS EXPIRING ON MAY 31, 1991 TO TIE IN WITH THE EXPIRY OF THEIR CURRENT TERM WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL.
/THE FOLLOWING