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16th Annual Border Liaison Review Meeting today
The 1995 Annual Border Liaison Review Meeting was held in Hong Kong today (Monday). The Hong Kong side was led by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Nicholas Ng, and the Guangdong side by the Deputy Secretary General and Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government, Mr Chao Zhenwei.
This is the 16th regular meeting between Hong Kong and Guangdong. Both sides reviewed the work in connection with co-operation in border liaison. Under their joint effort, both sides have properly dealt with the related problems in the border area, such as combating of crimes, relieving of vehicular and passenger traffic at check points and maintaining of smooth and orderly traffic flow at the border crossings.
At the meeting, both sides also discussed immigration issues concerning Hong Kong and Guangdong, speeding up of works for the regulation of Shenzhen River and other issues at the border area that would require co-operation with each other. Both sides are confident that further co-operation on the basis of existing established arrangements will have a positive effect in promoting stability and prosperity of the two places.
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Appointments to Land Development Corporation Board
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The Governor has appointed Mr Lau Wah-sum as Chairman of the Land Development Corporation (LDC) for two years.
A government spokesman said today (Monday): "Mr Lau is a company president with an excellent record in public and community service. He has been a member of the LDC Board since 1992."
The out-going chairman, Mr Andrew Li, wished to step down from the post for personal reasons. The Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Bowen Leung, has written to him, thanking him for his exemplary contributions to the corporation over the last two years.