TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1993
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO HONG KONG BY A UNITED KINGDOM ORDER IN COUNCIL WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON MAY
14 THIS YEAR.
BY
THE ORDER PROVIDES FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF SHIPS, GOODS VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT WHICH ARE MAJORITY OWNED OR EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED PERSONS CONNECTED WITH SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO OR WHICH ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED OR USED IN VIOLATION OF RELEVANT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE FORFEITURE OF ANY SUCH SHIPS, VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT OR THEIR CARGO WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE RESOLUTIONS.
IN ADDITION, THE ORDER PROHIBITS THE ENTRY INTO THE TERRITORIAL SEA OF MONTENEGRO OF COMMERCIAL SHIPS WHICH ARE REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMERCIAL VESSELS.
TO
MR DALE SAID: "THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES IMPLEMENT FULLY ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ORDER IN COUNCIL.
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CS TO VISIT EUROPE
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, IS то VISIT BRUSSELS AND GENEVA IN EARLY JUNE.
LONDON,
HE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON JUNE 3 AND WILL FIRST SPEND SEVERAL
THE DAYS IN LONDON WHERE HE WILL MEET
FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER AND OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IN LONDON AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.
SIR DAVID WILL BEGIN THE BRUSSELS LEG OF HIS VISIT ON JUNE 8, WHEN HE MEETS A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN FROM SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH BUSINESS LINKS IN HONG KONG.
THE FOLLOWING DAY, SIR DAVID WILL DELIVER A SPEECH TO THE
THE BELGIUM-HONG KONG SOCIETY AND
BELGIAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION ON HONG KONG BEFORE TRAVELLING TO GENEVA.
IN GENEVA, HE WILL HOST A LUNCHEON MEETING WITH A GROUP OF AND AMBASSADORS TO THE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT OF TARIFFS AND TRADE) WILL LATER MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC KLAUS SCHWAB, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION.
FORUM, PROFESSOR
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WILL ALSO GIVE A NUMBER OF MEDIA INTERVIEWS DURING HIS VISIT TO BOTH BRUSSELS AND GENEVA.
HE WILL THEN RETURN TO THE UK WHERE HE WILL TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM JUNE 12 TO JUNE 23.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WILL ARRIVE BACK IN HONG KONG ON JUNE 26.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MRS ANSON CHAN, WILL ACT AS CHIEF SECRETARY DURING SIR DAVID'S ABSENCE.
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