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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993
IS
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WILL ENSURE THAT HONG KONG
ACCIDENT AND THAT THREATENING FULLY INFORMED OF ANY POTENTIALLY
EMERGENCY PLANNING WORK CAN BE STARTED WELL IN ADVANCE.
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR K J WOODHOUSE, ON BEHALF OF THE
KONG GOVERNMENT AND BY MR WU XIYUAN, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE FOR NUCLEAR POWER ON BEHALF OF THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT.
THE ACCIDENT
HK INVITED TO ATTEND APEC CONFERENCE
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SPOKESMAN TODAY INVITATION TO ECONOMIC
IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, A GOVERNMENT
CONFIRMED {WEDNESDAY)
THAT HONG KONG HAD RECEIVED AN ATTEND THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) LEADERS CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG AT THE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN SEATTLE ON NOVEMBER 19 AND 20.
"AS ONE OF THE 15 MEMBERS OF APEC, HONG KONG WILL
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. FULLY IN ALL DISCUSSIONS AT THE CONFERENCE,
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PARTICIPATE
REPATRIATION OF ECVIIS BY AIR
HAD
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT CHINA NOW AGREED TO THE REPATRIATION BY AIR OF EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (BOVIIS) TO HAINAN.
THE REPATRIATION OF SOME 340 ECVIIS BY AIR WILL TAKE PLACE ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEGINNING OCTOBER 13.
"WE HAD PREVIOUSLY INTENDED TO REPATRIATE BY SEA THOSE ECVIIS
WHO CAMB FROM THE GUANGXI AND HAINAN PROVINCES.
"HOWEVER, AFTER INVESTIGATION IN DETAIL THE OPTIONS REPATRIATLON BY SEA AND BY AIR, WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT REPATRIATION BY AIR WILL BE QUICKER AND LESS EXPENSIVE.
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"CHINA HAS AGREED TO OUR PROPOSAL TO REPATRIATE BY AIR THOSE ECVIIS WHO CAME FROM HAINAN PROVINCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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SEA-BORNE RESOURCES
"THE COST IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS THAN A OPERATION AS THERE IS NO NEED TO COMMIT CONSIDERABLE POLICE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE VOYAGE LASTING FOR ABOUT SIX DAYS."
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