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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1980

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THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, WAS TO INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LIFE AND ACTIVITIES OF SCOUTS. ON DISPLAY WERE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SERVICES PROVIDED BY SCOUTS. WAYS TO PUT UP A TENT AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN CAMPING WERE DEMONSTRATED.

A SCOOTER TATTOO BY MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WAS HELD AFTER THE RALLY.

JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVES

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A JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT STUDY MISSION, COMPRISING TOP EXECUTIVES OF 11 COMPANIES, WILL BEGIN A THREE-DAY FACT-FINDING MISSION IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THIS IS THE THIRD MISSION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG/JAPAN AND JAPAN/HONG KONG BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES. THE FIRST MISSION VISITED HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1979, AND A SECOND MISSION IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

THE COMPANIES INVOLVED ARE FROM THE OSAKA AREA, AS THE VISIT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SEMINAR ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE TWO BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES IN OSAKA IN AUGUST.

MEMBERS OF THE MISSION, LED BY MR TAKESHI SUGA, WILL BE STUDYING THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG AND, IN SOME CASES, EXECUTIVES ARE HOPING TO LOCATE PARTNERS FOR JOINT VENTURES.

THE PROGRAMME WILL START TOMORROW MORNING AT THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WHERE THE MISSION WILL BE RECEIVED AND BRIEFED BY MR PAUL K.C. WONG, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY.

THE MISSION WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS TO BE MET AND BRIEFED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOSEPH WONG. AFTER A BRIEFING BY COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR P.K. WONG, THE PARTY WILL TOUR TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. THE AFTERNOON PROGRAMME WILL END WITH A VISIT TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHERE THEY WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER.

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IN THE EVENING A RECEPTION WILL BE HOSTED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND T.K. ANN, CHAIRMEN OF THE HK/JBCC'S WORKING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE HK/JBCC'S WORKING COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS RESPECTIVELY.

THE SECOND DAY WILL BEGIN WITH PANEL DISCUSSIONS COVERING THE METAL PRODUCTS, APPAREL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTORS. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE SPENT TOURING THE PREMISES OF MODERN TERMINALS LTD AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL, AND A VISIT TO THE YKK FACTORY AT TUEN MUN.

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