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GOVERNOR SET FOR LONDON VISIT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM DECEMBER 5-8.

WHILE HE IS IN LONDON, HE WILL CALL ON MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

HE WILL ALSO ATTEND THE ANNUAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (TDC) DINNER AND WILL OPEN A SEMINAR AIMED AT PRESENTING HONG KONG'S VARIOUS ECONOMIC CAPABILITIES TO UK BUSINESS LEADERS.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TDC AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT STATIONER'S HALL IN THE CITY OF LONDON ON DECEMBER 6.

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ENTITLED "HONG KONG: INTO THE NINETIES" IT WILL INCLUDE INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS BY BARONESS DUNN, AND SURVEYS FROM TOP SPEAKERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMY.

SENIOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR ALLEN LEE, WILL SPEAK ON THE "CURRENT STATE OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NINETIES". HONGKONG BANK CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM PURVES, WILL ADDRESS ON "HONG KONG AS A FINANCIAL AND SERVICE CENTRE" WHILE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS RITA FAN, WILL TALK ON "HONG KONG'S ATTRACTION AS A MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING BASE".

ALSO, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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OF ORIENT OVERSEAS (HOLDINGS) LTD,

MR C.H. TUNG, WILL SPEAK ON *HONG KONG AS A SPRINGBOARD TO THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION AND AS A GATEWAY TO CHINA"; EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS ROSANNA TAM, ON "YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN THE 90's": AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, MELITTA PACIFIC LTD, MR D.M.T. VON DER LUEHE, ON "A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S PERSPECTIVE"

THE GOVERNOR WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DINNER, HELD IN THE EVENING ON DECEMBER 6 AT THE BERKELEY HOTEL.

THE ANNUAL HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DINNER WILL BE HOSTED THIS YEAR BY THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN BARONESS DUNN, IT AIMS ΤΟ BRING HONG KONG'S PROMINENT GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS FIGURES TOGETHER WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UK, IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN LINKS AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR PRESENTING HONG KONG VIEWS ON TOPICAL ISSUES.

GUESTS WILL BE INVITED FROM THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, WITH STRONG AFFILIATIONS TO THE TERRITORY.

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