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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

JLG SUB-GROUP MEETING

AT THIS MEETING OF THE STANDING SUB-GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (IRO) OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD ON HOW AFTER 1997 HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION ACTIVITIES AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO HONG KONG AFTER 1997. IDENTICAL VIEWS WERE REACHED.

EXPERTS ON BOTH SIDES ALSO DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION AFTER 1997 IN ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE UNFAO IN THE ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION, IDENTICAL VIEWS WERE ALSO REACHED.

ON THIS,

INITIAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WAS HELD ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION.

MADE AT

EXPERTS ON BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS THIS MEETING AND WILL REPORT THE RESULTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

THE NEXT

MEETING OF THE SUB-GROUP WILL BE HELD IN LATE

JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

BILINGUAL STATUS TO CONTINUE

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR CANICE MAK, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE BILINGUAL STATUS IN HONG KONG WOULD NOT BE ALTERED WITH THE POLITICAL CHANGES IN FUTURE.

"BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES WOULD STILL BE USED EXTENSIVELY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE," MR MAK TOLD 49 NEWLY RECRUITED CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING COURSES.

HE ADVISED THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS TO KEEP THEMSELVES ABREAST OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO COPE WITH HONG KONG'S EVER-CHANGING SOCIETY.

THE COURSES COVER TRAINING IN TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES, PRACTICAL CHINESE AND TRANSLATION OF SPECIFIED SUBJECTS, INCLUDING LEGAL AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS.

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