SHE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1993
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE NEWS
MEDIA TO COVER SOME
OF LADY THATCHER'S OFFICIAL PROGRAMMES. DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THURSDAY (MAY 13)
2.30 PM 3 PM
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FRIDAY (MAY 14)
WORKSHOP
VISIT TO ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT SHELTERED AND DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, 85 STONE NULLAH LANE, WAN CHAI. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2 PM. SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO PARKING FACILITIES IN STONE NULLAH LANE.
THEY
9.15 AM 10.45 AM
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VISIT TO KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AT 46 ΤΑΙ YIP STREET, KOWLOON. REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 8.45 AM.
2.30 PM
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5.40 PM
VISIT TO EASTERN DISTRICT WITH THE GOVERNOR. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE THE VICTORIA KINDERGARTEN, HING FAT STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY NO LATER THAN 1.45 PM.
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AMENDMENT BILLS TO ENABLE BANK OF CHINA TO ISSUE BANK NOTES
AMEND
PROPOSAL WILL BE PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO LEGISLATION TO ENABLE THE BANK OF CHINA (
(BOC) TO BECOME A BANK NOTE- ISSUER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE IN JANUARY THAT THE GOVERNOR-IN- COUNCIL HAD DECIDED THAT APPROVAL SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR BOC TO COMMENCE ISSUING BANK NOTES FROM MAY 1994, SUBJECT ΤΟ THE ENACTMENT OF NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS.
THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS NOW DECIDED THAT THE BANK NOTES ISSUE (AMENDMENT} BILL 1993 AND THE EXCHANGE FUND (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
/AT PRESENT,