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FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1990

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FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO VISIT TOKYO, SEOUL

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR

PIERS

WILL JACOBS,

LEAVE

HONG

KONG ON SUNDAY (JUNE 24) FOR A VISIT TO TOKYO AND SEOUL.

PROGRAMME OF

A THIS IS PART OF

OVERSEAS VISITS BY SENIOR BETWEEN HONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DESIGNED TO BUILD UP UNDERSTANDING KONG AND ITS TRADING PARTNERS.

AND

CALL ON SENIOR DURING HIS VISIT, SIR PIERS

AND FINANCIAL MEET MEMBERS OF OFFICIALS

COMMERCIAL,

THEM ON THE LATEST CONSTRUCTION CIRCLES IN BOTH COUNTRIES TO BRIEF DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.

WILL

THE

GOVERNMENT

FOR

FOREIGN

PARLIAMENTARY

PARLIAMENTARY

HIS PROGRAMME IN TOKYO INCLUDES MEETING WITH THE VICE-MINISTER

MR AFFAIRS,

I. ISHII; TRADE INTERNATIONAL

AND MINISTRY OF

INDUSTRY, MR VICE-MINISTER,

ROAD BUREAU, MINISTRY FUKUSHIRO NUKAGA; DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE

MR CONSTRUCTION,

OF MANAGING DIRECTOR KEIDANREN, MR NUKAZAWA.

MITANI; HIROSHI

AND

OF

THE

27) EVENING, SIR CENTRE FOR

BEFORE LEAVING FOR SEOUL ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE PIERS WILL ADDRESS A RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SEMINAR AT TOKAI UNIVERSITY.

OF THE KOREAN FEDERATION IN SEOUL, HE WILL MEET MEMBERS BANKS AND THE OVERSEAS CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION.

SIR PIERS WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30.

OF

HONG KONG TO SET UP NEW SHIPPING REGISTER

KONG SHIPPING REGISTER THE SETTING UP OF AN INDEPENDENT HONG

KONG'S STATUS AS A LEADING CENTRE WILL GREATLY ENHANCE HONG

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SHIPPING AND MARITIME COMMERCE,

ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR RAFAEL HUI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

OF

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR HUI SAID THE SETTING THE NEW HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER WOULD ALSO MARK- AN IMPORTANT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

THE PRESENT

ARRANGEMENTS UNDER

WHICH

SHIPS FORMED PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REGISTER BEYOND JULY 1, 1997, MR HUI SAID.

UP OF STEP

HONG KONG REGISTERED COULD NOT CONTINUR

HONG KONG

A PROVISION IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AUTHORISED THE

TO

то CONTINUE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

MAINTAIN A SHIPPING LEGISLATION IN REGISTER AND ISSUE RELATED CERTIFICATES UNDER ITS OWN THE NAME OF "HONG KONG, CHINA", HE SAID.

/"IN ORDER