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YUEN LONG DELEGATION VISITING USA AND CANADA

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A 25-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE LEFT THE UNITED STATES FOR CANADA ON NORTH AMERICAN STUDY TOUR.

YUEN THE

LONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS FINAL LEG OF A TWO-WEEK

EXAMINING THE GROUP, WHICH LEFT HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 26, WAS

AFFECTING FIRST-HAND A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES

RESIDENTS IN HONOLULU,

LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO AND VANCOUVER,

THE PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, ARRANGED TRADE THROUGH THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND

OFFICE

SAN IN

FRANCISCO, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, TOWN PLANNING AND COVERED TRAFFIC AND PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN THESE US CITIES.

THE

KUEN, CHAIRMAN OF

IN SAN FRANCISCO DELEGATION LEADER, MR TAI YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, SAID THAT BOARD MEMBERS FOUND THE TOUR INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE.

MOST

THAT

ΤΟ MEMBERS HE ADDED THAT THE VISIT HAD ENABLED

COMPARE HONG WITH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS KONG'S DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES CONFRONTED MANY NORTH AMERICAN CITIES.

WITH HONOLULU THE FIRST STOP ON THE ITINERARY,

THE MAYOR'S WAS BRIEFED BY

OFFICE

CITY'S ON THE PLANNING, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS POLICIES.

THE DELEGATION TRANSPORTATION,

BRIEFED ON WERE SAN FRANCISCO THE DISTRICT AND AND OTHER

IN LOS ANGELES 'THE BOARD MEMBERS

PLANNING MATTERS, WHILE IN TRANSPORTATION AND DELEGATION TOURED THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TRANSPORTATION WERE BRIEFED ON

BAY THE

AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

ECONOMIC WORK OF THE

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A COURTESY CALL TO THE HONG KONG

A DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE AND AND TRADE OFFICE AND

OVERSEAS OFFICES.

TOUR, INCLUDES A

TOWN PLANNING

AND

THE VISIT TO VANCOUVER, WHICH CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING BY THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD ON THE CITY'S EDUCATION SYSTEM,

OUTLINES ON THE AS WELL AS

SYSTEM, POLITICAL

TRANSPORTATION PLANS.

YUEN LONG IS THE SECOND DISTRICT BOARD TO TOUR TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAVING VISITED IN AUGUST 1987.

NORTH AMERICA,

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