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Chinese delegation to visit Hong Kong
A Chinese delegation to be led by the Director of the Department of Hong Kong Economic Affairs, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) of the State Council, Mr Zhang Liangdong, will visit Hong Kong from November 20 to 29, the Government announced today (Friday).
There will be seven other members in the delegation. They work in different departments in HKMAO.
A government spokesman said this was one in a series of sponsored visits between the mainland of China and Hong Kong.
"The objective of the sponsored visit programme is to increase mutual understanding of Chinese and Hong Kong Government officials on each other's systems and ways of life," he said.
The delegation will be briefed by senior Hong Kong government officials on policies relating to economic development, infrastructure development, trade matters, monetary and financial matters, and transportation.
End/Friday, November 17, 1995
Intestate Succession Notice gazetted
A notice prescribing the method of calculating the capital value of a life interest of a surviving partner of a recognised union of concubinage was gazetted today (Friday).
A spokesman for Home Affairs Branch said the Intestate Succession (Reckoning of Capital Value) Notice, which will come into operation on December 22, provides for the capital value of the life interest to be calculated by reference to the yield of the government-issued Hong Kong five-year Exchange Fund Notes and actuarial tables based on the 1991 Hong Kong Life Tables.