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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1988

MR CHAMBERS SAID SCHEMES WERE ALSO BEING PREPARED TO TACKLE

AND AREAS,

THE THE SEWAGE PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLDER URBAN

OVER THE NEXT COST OF THE PROGRAMME WOULD BE AS MUCH AS $10 BILLION DECADE.

I

ΤΟ INTERNATIONAL WATERTECH" WILL BE HELD FROM TODAY

MARCH 4

AT THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION

RESOURCES BUILDING, WAN

CHA1.

CENTRE, CHINA

ITS AIM IS TO BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS, IN THE FIELDS OF INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO EXAMINE WAYS OF COMBATTING ASIA'S POLLUTION CONTROL AND WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS.

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FS DUTY VISIT TO U.K.

KONG

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, WILL LEAVE HONG ON SATURDAY (MARCH 5) FOR A TWO-WEEK DUTY VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

JACOBS

THE

LONDON, MR WHILE IN

RENEW CONTACTS WILL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS IN THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE,

AND COMMONWEALTH THE FOREIGN THE BANK OF ENGLAND, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND THE TREASURY.

HE WILL ALSO DELIVER A SPEECH ON "THE

HONG KONG" TO THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION.

THE

WITH

OFFICE,

INVESTMENT OUTLOOK FOR

MR JACOBS MADE SIMILAR VISITS TO LONDON IN 1986 AND 1987.

JLG TO MEET IN HK THIS MONTH

THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

MEETING

OF THE

ANNOUNCED THIS (TUESDAY) LIAISON JOINT SINO-BRITISH

MORNING THAT THE NINTH GROUP ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG FROM MARCH 8 TO 11.

LED BY *THE

SENIOR

REPRESENTATIVE, THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR ROBIN MCLAREN, ASSISTANT UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA), FCO.

/OTHER MEMBERS