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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988

ASIA

AMERICA, SOCIETY

MR LO, HONG KONG'S SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH WELCOMED THE JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF THE FESTIVAL BY THE AND THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICES AND THE GROWING LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES.

HE NOTED TWO FUTURE ASIA SOCIETY EVENTS IN NEW YORK: ONE FOR SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS DAVID NENDICK ON NOVEMBER 10. THE OTHER FOR THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD ON DECEMBER 8,

MR COHEN WHO SPENDS ALMOST HALF HIS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ASIA SOCIETY PLANNED A MAJOR IN HONG KONG IN 1990.

TIME IN HONG KONG, REGIONAL CONFERENCE

MAYOR KOCH PRESENTED MISS DUNN WITH A CRYSTAL PAPERWEIGHT ENCLOSING THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, WHILE MISS DUNN PRESENTED MR KOCH WITH HIS OWN PERSONAL CHINESE CHARACTER SEAL CHOP.

THE HONG KONG FILM

SEPTEMBER 16 TO OCTOBER 8.

FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK, WILL RUN FROM

THE EIGHT FILMS FEATURED ARE: PROJECT A PART-2; WONDER WOMEN: A CHINESE GHOST STORY; JUST LIKE WEATHER; GANGS; MR VAMPIRE: A BETTER TOMORROW AND PEKING OPERA BLUES.

IN NOVEMBER, THE FESTIVAL WILL MOVE TO MIAMI. FLORIDA, WHERE FILMS WILL BE SCREENED AS PART OF THE ARTS EXTRAVAGANZA "ASIAFEST".

THE

OTHER SUPPORTERS OF THE FESTIVAL ARE THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, THE IIONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW YORK COUNCIL ON THE ARTS.

SPEEDPOST TO BANGLADESH RESUMES

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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE FROM KONG TO BANGLADESH WHICH WAS SUSPENDED ON SEPTEMBER 5 WAS NOW BACK NORMAL.

HONG ΤΟ

TRIS FOLLOWS THE ADVICE FROM THE BANGLADESHI POSTAL ADMINISTRATION THAT THE FLOOD SITUATION IN BANGLADESH WAS IMPROVING.