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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984

'SAN FRANCISCO AND HONG KONG HAVE MUCH IN COMMON'

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SAN FRANCISCO AND HONG KONG HAVE MUCH IN COMMON AND MANY MUTUAL INTERESTS, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, SAID TONIGHT. HE WAS SPEAKING AT AN OFFICIAL URBAN COUNCIL RECEPTION FOR THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO. MS DIANNE FEINSTEIN, AND HER SAN FRANCISCO FRIENDSHIP AND TRADE MISSION.

+ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PACIFIC, ONE COULD SAY, WE ARE BOTH HARD-WORKING, EVER-STRIVING AND DYNAMIC CITIES WHERE PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS ARE THE JUST REWARDS OF OUR RESPECTIVE ENDEAVOURS,+ SAID MR CHEONG-LEEN.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SETTLEMENT AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF

1841. BOTH SAN FRANCISCO AND HONG KONG BEGAN FROM THE SAME YEAR, WITH IN EACH CASE A MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR PROVING THE MAGNET THAT ATTRACTED TRADERS AND ADVENTURERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

POINTING TO OTHER SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO PACIFIC RIM CITIES -- IN PARTICULAR THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME FIRES, EARTHQUAKES TYPHOONS AND STORMS -- MR CHEONG-LEEN URGED THE MISSION TO INCREASE THEIR CITY'S LONG-TERM TRADING OPPORTUNITIES WITH HONG KONG SINCE, AS HE SAID, THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG HAD GIVEN THE TERRITORY +A NEW LEASE OF LIFE+, AND THE CHANCE TO BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER AND MORE FABULOUS +BOOM TOWN THAN AT ANY STAGE IN ITS EXCITING HISTORY.

JPC PRAISED FOR CHARITY WALK

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ABOUT 2 500 JUNIOR POLICE CALL (JPC) MEMBERS TOOK PART IN A JPC CHARITY WALK HELD AT THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE WALK, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE POLICE AND LION'S CLUB OF MOUNT CAMERON AND SUPPORTED BY THE HONG KONG COMMERCIAL BOARDCASTING COMPANY, WAS AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS FOR THE HONG KONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF.

SPEAKING AT THE STARTING CEREMONY OF THE WALK, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, SAID: ''JUNIOR POLICE CALL IS NOW 10 YEARS OLD AND, DURING THAT TIME, HAS BUILT FOR ITSELF A REPUTATION FOR BEING INVOLVED IN PRACTICAL COMMUNITY SERVICE.

''TODAY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN MEAN TO SOME OF THE LESS FORTUNATE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY,'' MR JEAFFRESON REMARKED.

/EACH YEAR,