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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1985

+ HONG KONG IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE PLACE FOR LONG-TERM TRADING AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.+

CONCLUDING, MR CHEONG-LEEN EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE TWO GREAT CITIES WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO ENHANCE THEIR ALREADY CLOSE AND AMICABLE RELATIONSHIP.

SIR ALAN TRAILL TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HE HAS BEEN STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT BOTH HONG KONG AND LONDON FACE THE COMMON PROBLEMS +OF PROVIDING FOR THE HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE, OF MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR PEOPLES.+

+AND WHETHER OUR CITIES ARE YOUNG OR OLD, SMALL OR LARGE, WE HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON IS NOT ONLY THE LEADER OF THE CIVIC ADMINISTRATION BUT ALSO IN TRADITION A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CIVIC CITY OF LONDON AND THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CITY OF LONDON.

+1 REGARD IT AS ONE OF MY DUTIES - WHETHER IT IS EXPRESSED PRECISELY AND OFFICIALLY OR NOT TO ACT AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

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+I SEEK TO DEVELOP A GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONDON AND YOUR OWN AUTHORITY NOT ONLY TO SHARE OUR PROBLEMS AND EXPERIENCE IN THE CIVIC SENSE BUT TO DEVELOP BUSINESS, TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL CO-OPERATION TO MUTUAL BENEFIT,+ SIR ALAN ADDED.

LORD MAYOR PRESENTS GOLD MEDALS TO 12

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THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, SIR ALAN TRAILL, THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING PRESENTED GOLD MEDALS TO 12 CANDIDATES OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (LCCI) EXAMINATIONS AT A CEREMONY AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL.

THE RECIPIENTS WERE AMONG 15 CANDIDATES WHO WERE AWARDED GOLD MEDALS FOR GAINING THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE VARIOUS LCGI EXAMS LAST YEAR.

THE EXAMINATIONS BOARD OF LCCI OFFERS EXAMINATIONS IN BUSINESS, SECRETARIAL AND LANGUAGE STUDIES WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING A SYSTEM OF QUALIFICATIONS TO STUDENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD.

/A GOLD

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