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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1986

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INDUSTRY CHIEF TO VISIT JAPAN

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THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, WILL BE FLYING TO JAPAN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) FOR A SEVEN-DAY INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION VISIT.

TO PROMOTE HONG KONG AS AN OFFSHORE BASE FOR JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT, THE DIRECTOR WILL BE SPEAKING TO JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS AT TWO SYMPOSIA, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, TO BE HELD IN TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA.

GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE SYMPOSIA WILL BE TWO JAPANESE INDUSTRIALISTS - MR T. MIYAKAWA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ASAHI OPTICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AND MR H. TANIGAWA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL FAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING IN HONG KONG.

DURING THE TRIP, MR YEUNG WILL ALSO VISIT SOME JAPANESE FACTORIES AND WILL HOLD TALKS WITH OFFICIALS OF JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANISATION (JETRO), MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (MITI), YOKOHAMA CITY GOVERNMENT, AND YOKOHAMA INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE,

THE DIRECTOR IS DUE TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON JULY 5.

SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN WONG TAI SIN

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THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD A CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT 3 PM AT FUNG MING HALL, WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MR CHENG KAI-NAM AND MRS PAULINE NG, WILL BE PRESENT AS GUEST SPEAKERS. MR CHENG WILL SPEAK ON THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION, AND MRS NG WILL SPEAK ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE TERRITORY IN GENERAL AND IN THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR,

AFTER THE SEMINAR THERE WILL BE AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS.

THE TEAMS ARE FORMED BY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, UNDER A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S WORKING GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

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