WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1994
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**THE STEEL FRAMES OF THESE MAIN SPAN SEGMENTS
BEING ARE FABRICATED IN SHEKOU, CHINA, AND THE FIRST BATCH IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
"THEY WILL THEN BE ASSEMBLED AND CONCRETED AT THE WORKS SITE ON
MUN SHUI
CHANNEL BY LANTAU,
TRANSPORTED TO THE KAP BEFORE BEING BARGES, LIFTED UP BY SPECIALLY DESIGNED CRANES AND THEN CONNECTED BRIDGE DECK LEVEL, MR YEUNG SAID.
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66 VIETNAMESE TO GO ON TWO FLIGHTS
TODAY
IN REPLY TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID (WEDNESDAY) THAT 16 OF THE 82 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS SCHEDULED то LEAVE UNDER THE ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP) ON THURSDAY AND WOULD NOT NOW DO SO.
FRIDAY
"WE LEARNED THAT ONE 21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE ON THE LIST HAD OTHER NOT FAMILY MEMBERS IN HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE (HIDC), WHO WERE ON THE ORP FLIGHT. IN ORDER NOT TO SPLIT THE FAMILY, WE TOOK HER THE LIST AND SHE WAS NOT REMOVED FROM HIDC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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ONE OTHER FEMALE CLAIMED ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 17) AFTERNOON THAT SHE WAS A LEGAL AID CASE. "BECAUSE THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT DOES NOT INFORM US OF THOSE WHOM THEY HAVE ACCEPTED, WE HAD TO CHECK ON
WHEN WE CONFIRMED THAT SHE WAS MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19).
A LEGAL AID CASE, SHE TOO WAS NOT REMOVED FROM HIDC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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AUTHORITIES INFORMED THE VIETNAMESE FAMILIES, COMPRISING 14 PEOPLE, WHOM
US YESTERDAY THAT THEY HAD ALREADY CLEARED THE ORP FLIGHTS, COULD NOT GO BACK TO
THESE VIETNAM. FAMILIES HAD ALREADY LEFT HIDC ON SATURDAY.
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TWO
FOR TWO
"WE SHALL HAVE TO SEEK FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED,
HE SAID. "BUT, IN LAST-MINUTE CHANGE BY THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES, THE MEANTIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE ORP FLIGHTS."
ON THE TWO THIS MEANS THAT 66 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WILL LEAVE ORP FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SFS VISITS CHINA
THE SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, AND STAFF OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES BRANCH AND THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S VISIT THE OFFICE LEFT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR BEIJING AND SHANGHAI TO FINANCIAL AND SECURITIES INSTITUTIONS THERE.
THE VISIT IS EXPECTED то ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OFFICIALS WORKING IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR IN HONG KONG AND CHINA AND TO FOSTER ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL RELATIONS.
THE 10-MEMBER DELEGATION
THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 29).
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