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HONG KONG ECONOMIC MISSION TO JAPAN

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A TOP LEVEL ECONOMIC MISSION DEPARTS HONG KONG TODAY ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO TOKYO (DECEMBER 9-12) TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.

THE MISSION IS LED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG-JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE, AND PERSONALLY SUPPORTED BY H.E. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING THE DELEGATION AS GUEST OF HONOUR.

THE MISSION TEAM COMPRISES PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE TERRITORY'S BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND THE FINANCIAL AND SHIPPING SECTORS. ALL ARE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG-JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE.

THEY INCLUDE THE HON MICHAEL SANDBERG, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORP. THE HON LYDIA DUNN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THE HON ERIC HO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY SIR Y.K. PAO, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING GROUPS MR JAMES WU, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WEATHER ITE INDUSTRIES LTD. MR JACK TANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MR S.K. NGAI, PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG: MR DENNIS TING, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. MISS PAULINE CHAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF W. HAKING INDUSTRIES LTD. AND MR LEN DUNNING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

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MEMBERS OF THE MISSION ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER MR Y. NAKASONE, FINANCE MINISTER MR N. TAKES HITA, MR M. ESAKI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC MEASURES OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, FOREIGN MINISTER MR S. ABE AND MITI MINISTER MR K. MURATA ON DECEMBER 10TH. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING AT THE KEIDANREN, ATTENDED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG-JAPAN AND JAPAN-HONG KONG BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES AND OTHER KEIDANREN MEMBERS, AT WHICH H.E. THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WILL MAKE A MAJOR ADDRESS.

THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURATION

OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S MAJOR TOY EXHIBITION, CALLED THE +GREAT HONG KONG TOY EXPOSITION OF 1984 - A TOY FANTASY IN JAPAN+WHICH WILL BE STAGED AT THE LAFORET MUSEUM IN AKASAKA FROM DECEMBER 12-14TH.

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