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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HER PRIORITY WAS TO WORK FOR FULL AND FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND BASIC LAW AND THE BEST WAY IN WHICH HONG KONG COULD SERVE CHINA WAS TO ALLOW THE TERRITORY TO CONTINUE MUCH AS IT WAS NOW.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF MRS CHAN'S FIRST FULL DAY IN NEW YORK WAS HER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED HONG KONG FILM EXHIBITION AT THE WORLD-RENOWNED MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OF HONG KONG'S MOST POPULAR FILM STARS, MICHELLE AND ANTHONY WONG, MRS CHAN ATTENDED THE EXHIBITION WITH LEADING MEMBERS OF NEW YORK'S ARTS COMMUNITY.
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SHE BEGAN HER DAY IN NEW YORK WITH A MEETING WITH MR DAVID ROCKEFELLER, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK'S INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST, MR ROCKEFELLER DEVOTES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ASIAN AFFAIRS.
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FOLLOWING THE MEETING WITH MR ROCKEFELLER, MRS CHAN INTERVIEWED BY THE RESPECTED AND WIDELY WATCHED PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT.
ANOTHER KEY EVENT ON MRS CHAN'S SCHEDULE INCLUDED A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINA STUDY GROUP OF THE PRESTIGIOUS COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS DURING WHICH THERE WAS A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR DOING BUSINESS IN THE ENTIRE EAST ASIAN REGION.
DURING THE GALA DINNER, LEADING MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES AND FRIENDS OF HONG KONG WERE TREATED TO AN EVENING OF EXCITING PERFORMANCES BY A TROUPE OF 25 YOUNG ARTISTS FROM THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND RENOWNED HONG KONG SINGING FRANCES YIP.
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PRINCESS ENDS BUSY FIRST DAY OF VISIT TO RHKPF
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, THE COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, HAS ENDED FIRST DAY OF A BUSY SCHEDULE OF FUNCTIONS FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORCE.
THE PRINCESS AND HER HUSBAND SIR ANGUS OGILVY STARTED THE DAY WITH A FLIGHT IN A BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER TO THE BORDER DISTRICT POLICE OPERATIONAL BASE AT MAN KAM TO.
SHE WAS MET BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR EDDIE HUI KI-ON, THE REGIONAL COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES NORTH, MR DOUGLAS LAU YUK-KUEN AND BORDER DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR BERNARD LUK HUNG-KUEN.
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND SIR ANGUS WERE BRIEFED ON THE BORDER-BASED FIELD PATROL DETACHMENT BY PTU COMMANDER, SUPERINTENDENT AUSTIN KERRIGAN.
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