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Ambassador Gardini said the numerous meetings Mrs Chan was having with Italian politicians and entrepreneurs during her present visit demonstrated "the great interest with which Italy looks at the political and economic developments undergoing in Hong Kong".
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Hong Kong has now signed investment promotion and protection agreements with seven countries the Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand and Italy. An eighth will be signed in Paris on Thursday (November 30).
The Chief Secretary flew to Rome from Milan last night to continue the Italian leg of her visit. During the day she met the President of the Senate, Professor Carlo Scognamiglio, to bring him up to date with recent developments in Hong Kong, including economic matters and preparations for the change of sovereignty in 1997.
She also had discussions with leading Italian business people, including lunch with the board of ENI, one of the country's largest state-owned enterprises; a meeting with Dr Mario D'Urso, the Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Trade; and a round-table discussion with members of the Italian Institute of International Affairs.
Earlier in Milan, Mrs Chan had an hour-long meeting with the president and ministers of the Lombardy government during which a number of topics were raised to boost commercial and tourist links between northern Italy and Hong Kong, including the possibility of a direct Milan-Hong Kong air service.
End/Tuesday, November 28, 1995
Joint efforts to tackle abuses of imported labour
The Secretary for the Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph WP Wong has asked the top management of the Provisional Airport Authorities (PAA) and the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) to remind their principal contractors that anyone found to have breached the rules and conditions for importing labour might have their quotas withdrawn and denied the right to participate in the scheme in future.