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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989

SEMINAR ON HK'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

FOUR PUBLIC FIGURES WILL EXAMINE THE COURSE OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AT A SEMINAR TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THEY ARE OMELCO MEMBERS MR ANDREW WONG AND DR DANIEL TSE, ENGINEERING CONSILTANT DR RAYMOND HO, AND DR JOSEPH CHENG OF THE LEARNING INSTITUTE.

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THEY WILL SPEAK AT THE SEMINAR, ENTITLED "HONG KONG YOU", ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS DISTRICT 303 AND SPONSORED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

ADMINISTRATION.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 6.30 PM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IN HAPPY VALLEY.

MR LAN SAID IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL THAT A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AND A PRIVATE ORGANISATION SHOULD JOINTLY ORGANISE A SEMINAR TO DISCUSS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE ΤΟ ENSURE HONG HONG'S CONTINUANCE AS A PROSPEROUS, STABLE AND DYNAMIC SOCIETY.

HE HOPED THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS PARTICIPATING IN THE SEMINAR COULD COME TO A CONSENSUS ON HOW THE TERRITORY'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY COULD BE MAINTAINED,

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"THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE OF GREAT VALUE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE SUBJECT SO THAT A GENERAL HONG KONG PEOPLE CAN BE REACHED," HE SAID.

CONSENSUS AMONG

MR LAN SAID LIONS CLUBS HAD ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANISATIONS IN THE TERRITORY, AND HAD RENDERED VERY VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

"THERE IS MUCH SCOPE OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE CNTA AND THE CLUBS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE," HE ADDED.

THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS DISTRICT 303, MR PAUL

FAN, SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR WAS "TO PROMOTE CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG HONG KONG LIONS AND TO HELP MAINTAIN THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.

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TOMORROW'S PROGRAMME WILL, INCLUDE FOUR KEYNOTE SPERCHES BY THE GUEST SPEAKERS.

MR ANDREW WONG WILL SPEAK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL

RAYMOND SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SPEECH BY DR

HO THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.

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DR JOSEPH CHENG WILL PROBE THE QUESTION OF 'INTERNATIONALISING HONG KONG WHILE DR DANIEL TSE WILL SPEAK ON THE "HONG KONG NEEDS YOU".

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