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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1994
AN INTERNATIONAL LIONS CLUB CONVENTION IS PLANNED IN HONG FOR THE YEAR 2000.
KONG
MR PATTEN EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD FIND OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL THE FUTURE HONG KONG PEOPLE BUILDING
WITH THE SAME
INVENTIVENESS VIGOUR, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNITY SPIRIT WITH WHICH THEY HAD BUILT HONG KONG IN THE PAST.
REGION
AND
WHITEHEAD OPERATION PRESS REPORT DISMISSED
* * * * *
UNTRUE A PUT TO THE
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) DISMISSED AS REPORT IN AN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS USE HELICOPTERS TO DROP WATER DURING THE REMOVAL OF 1,500 MIGRANTS FROM THE WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE ON APRIL 7.
TO
VIETNAMESE
USE
"AT NO STAGE DURING THE PLANNING OF THIS OPERATION WAS THE
SUCH USE IN THE OF WATER DROPPED FROM HELICOPTERS EVER CONSIDERED. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WHITEHEAD INCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS,"
SAID.
HE
THEY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT DURING THE OPERATION IN WHITEHEAD, FIRE OFFICERS WERE ON STAND-BY TO CONTROL POSSIBLE OUTBREAKS OF FIRE. HAD NO OTHER ROLE.
THE SPOKESMAN CATEGORICALLY DENIED THAT THEY EVER PUT REQUEST TO THE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE.
SUCH A
CORRECTIONAL RECORDED
IN
"CRITICISM OF MR ERIC MCCOSH, THE COMMISSIONER OF SERVICES ATTRIBUTED TO PAM BAKER OF REFUGEE CONCERN AND THE REPORT WAS ILL-FOUNDED AND IRRESPONSIBLE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
HK REPRESENTATIVES TO APEC PACIFIC BUSINESS FORUM NAMED
HONG KONG HAS NOMINATED
REPRESENT
* *
TWO
PROMINENT LEADERS FROM THE THE TERRITORY IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC BUSINESS SECTOR TO
BUSINESS FORUM, THE SECRETARY ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) PACIFIC FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR CHAU TAK-HAY, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY),
CHIEF WING-LAM,
EXECUTIVE OF HONG THEY ARE MR LINUS CHEUNG
CONSULTANTS KONG TELECOM AND DR SARAH LIAO SAU-TUNG, DIRECTOR OF EHS
LTD.
THE PACIFIC BUSINESS FORUM WAS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES AGREED BY THE APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS' MEETING IN SEATTLE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1993.
IS FORUM
FURTHER
THE AIM OF THE INVESTMENT AND ENCOURAGE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
TO FACILITATE
DEVELOPMENT OF
REGIONAL TRADE
AND
BUSINESS NETWORKS
/THE FORUM
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