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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1991
FOR THIS REASON, MR TSAO POINTED
POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH IN
OUT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ADVANCE THE NUMBER OF MEI PROJECTS AND DEFERRED BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PROPOSED REDUCTION IN DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.
BUT MR TSAO ADDED THAT DISCUSSIONS WERE TAKING PLACE WITH NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH A VIEW TO DEVISING A NEW PROGRAMME
IMPACT OF WHICH WOULD LESSEN ANY ADVERSE
DIMINISHED ALLOCATION IN
FUNDS.
POSSIBLE AND AT LEAST
IN
"OUR AIM IS TO RESTORE, AS FAR AS PART, THE ALLOCATIONS FOR MEI'S, HE STRESSED.
H
HK WILL REMAIN WMO'S TERRITORIAL MEMBER AFTER 1997
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THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR) WILL CONTINUE REMAIN A HAVE ITS OWN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE AFTER 1997 AND WILL TERRITORIAL MEMBER OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION (WMO), THE
THE CHIRF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
LEGISLATIVE
DAVID SAID
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN LEE, SIR THIS WAS AGREED WITH THE CHINESE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.
KONG SAR'S SUCH AS ECONOMIC THE
"WE HAVE ALSO AGREED WITH THE CHINESE ON THE HONG PARTICIPATION IN A NUMBER OF OTHER UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES, THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT; THE
FOR ASIA AND THE AND SOCIAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TYPHOON COMMITTEE," HE SAID.
COMMISSION
HONG
AND PACIFIC
KONG DELEGATION
FROM
THE
NO
ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MINISTERIAL SESSION OF THE SECOND WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE WMO IN GENEVA LAST NOVEMBER, SIR DAVID SAID THE DECISION IN
OR ITS RIGHT TO WMO KONG'S STATUS IN THE WAY PREJUDICED HONG PARTICIPATE IN ITS OWN NAME IN WMO CONFERENCES.
THIS HAD BEEN MADE CLEAR TO THE CHINESE SIDE, HE STRESSED.
SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
CONFERENCE
THE FIRST BIX DAYS, WHICH WERE FOR ATTENDED THROUGHOUT BY THE HONG KONG DELEGATION.
TECHNICAL EXPERTS, WERK
DAYS, MINISTERS AT THE
LASTING ᏢᎪᎡᎢ. SECOND PARTICIPATING STATES WERE TO ENDORSE AN ACTION PLAN FOR dealing THE CLIMATE CHANGE, SIR DAVID SAID.
TWO
or WITH
/"THE INVITATION