MONDAY, MAY 20, 1991
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY SOME 150 GUESTS. THEY INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE WING HONG CONTRACTORS
LIMITED, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE JUDICIARY OCCUPIES EIGHT FLOORS OF THE EASTERN LAW COURTS BUILDING. EIGHT MAGISTRATES COURTS, THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL, FIVE LABOUR TRIBUNALS AND TWO SPARE COURTS AS FURTHER ROOM FOR EXPANSION ARE ACCOMMODATED.
WORK ON THE BUILDING COMMENCED IN FEBRUARY 1988 AND THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
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LAND EXPERT TO ATTEND INT'L SYMPOSIUM
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INTERNATIONAL
A PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, MR MO CHAN-MING, HAS LEFT FOR PEKING FOR AN SYMPOSIUM ON VALUATION AND LAND ADMINISTRATION.
THE THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM, ORGANISED BY THE FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS, WILL BE HELD FROM MAY 22 TO 24.
INTERNATIONAL
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MR MO HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS, A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORS. HE ADDRESS THE SYMPOSIUM ON URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IN A PAPER ENTITLED "URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT
THE HONG KONG EXPERIENCE", MR MO WILL SPEAK ON TOPICS INCLUDING LAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, LAND ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, URBAN RENEWAL, AND TRANSACTIONS IN HONG KONG.
HK/GUANGDONG CUSTOMS ANNUAL MEETING
CUSTOMS, LED BY CUSTOMS
A SEVEN-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM THE GUANGDONG MR YANG JUNSHENG, DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG BRANCH OF CHINA'S GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, VISITED HONG KONG DURING MAY 12 TO 20 FOR A MEETING WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING ΤΟ REVIEW LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE TWO ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE AREAS OF INTELLIGENCE ON NARCOTICS AND SMUGGLING, AS WELL AS ANTI-SMUGGLING
ACTIVITIES.
USEFUL DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS OF MUTUAL INTEREST, INCLUDING DRUG TRAFFICKING, CONTROL AT THE LAND BORDER, AND PRACTICAL WAYS TO ENHANCE CO-OPERATION IN ANTI-SMUGGLING, WERE ALSO MADE.
/THE GUANGDONG