MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994
QUESTION: WHEN WILL THE AIRPORT AGREEMENT ACTUALLY BE SIGNED?
VERY MUCH BUT HAVING SAID WE NEED ΤΟ BE
MRS CHAN: I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WHICH STANDS IN THE WAY OF AN AGREEMENT. WE ARE CONTINUING INFORMAL CONTACTS. I HOPE THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED VERY SOON. THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT DISCUSSING AND GETTING ON WITH WITH THE CHINESE, IN PARTICULAR THE TWO FINANCIAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS FOR THE MTRC AND THE PAA. SO I VERY HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE PROGRESS SHORTLY.
0
MUCH
2,500 SUBMISSIONS ON OPS RECEIVED
OVER 2,500 SUBMISSIONS ON THE PROPOSED OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SINCE THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE WAS LAUNCHED ON JULY 12 THIS YEAR.
COMMENTING ON THE RESPONSE, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER MR TONY REYNALDS SAID TODAY (MONDAY): "I AM VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE OVERWHELMING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE, THE RESPONSE INDICATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SUBJECT TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
"OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE TASK FORCE WILL ANALYSE THE SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE SCHEME WHERE APPROPRIATE, MR REYNALDS SAID.
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$10 BIMETAL COIN TO BE ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 1
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THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT WOULD BEGIN ISSUING A NEW $10 COIN TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
IT IS HONG KONG'S FIRST BIMETAL COIN, WITH AN OUTER CUPRO-NICKEL AND AN INNER CORE OF NICKEL-BRASS.
THE LAST IN A SERIES OF SEVEN BAUHINTA COINS FIRST IN EARLY 1993, THE $10 COIN FEATURES A BAUHINIA FLOWER AND IN CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH ON THE OBVERSE AS WITH BAUHINIA COINS.
THE REVERSE FEATURES THE
(MONDAY)
RING
OF
INTRODUCED HONG KONG" THE OTHER
DENOMINATION IN CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH WITH A LARGE ARABIC NUMERAL IN THE CENTRE AND THE YEAR OF ISSUE BELOW IT.
COMPARED WITH THE BAUHINIA $5 COIN, THE $10 COIN IS LIGHTER AND SMALLER IN DIAMETER AND THICKNESS.
/THE $10
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