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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991

MR LI SAID THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER COMPETITION WAS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH EAST REGIONAL COMPUTER CONFEDERATION OF WHICH HONG KONG IS A MEMBER.

"I UNDERSTAND THAT HONG KONG MAY HOST THE COMPETITION IN 1993 HE TOLD THE GATHERING AT THE FUNCTION HELD AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC.

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CERTIFYING BODY SET UP TO PROCESS FILM/TV CO-PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS

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BODY,

COMPRISING

A CERTIFYING

OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE PUBLIC HAS TELEVISION INDUSTRY, THE FILM INDUSTRY AND MEMBERS of the

PROCESS TO

APPLICATIONS BEEN FORMALLY ESTABLISHED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR FILM AND TELEVISION CO-PRODUCTIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA.

ON HONG KONG

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THE MEMORANDUM FILM FOR

THE CERTIFYING BODY IS ΤΟ IMPLEMENT UNDERSTANDING (MOU)

CANADA CO-PRODUCTION, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA MR JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM, ON JUNE 19 THIS YEAR.

OF

AND TELEVISION

RECREATION AND IN HONG KONG,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY,

RECREATION AND HONG CULTURE BRANCH SAID THE EXISTENCE OF THE MOU WOULD ENCOURAGE THE KONG AND CANADIAN FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRIES TO POOL RESOURCES CO-PRODUCE GOOD QUALITY FILMS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES.

ΤΟ

то

FOR

"THE CERTIFYING BODY WILL EVALUATE APPLICATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

THE SECRETARY FOR CO-PRODUCTIONS AND WILL MAKE

AS STIPULATED RECREATION AND CULTURE, WHO IS THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY IN THE MOU TO APPROVE SUCH APPLICATIONS.

"THE APPLICANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS," HE SAID.

IN DECISIONS

WRITING

CERTIFYING BODY IN ORDER TO ENSURE A BALANCE OF OPINIONS, THE

AND NEW IS MADE UP OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG KOWLOON TERRITORIES MOTION

TWO PICTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (MPIA),

AND FOUR MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TELEVISION COMPANIES, THE PUBLIC APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE.

RECREATION AND MRS RACHEL

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SUPPORT,

THE

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR "IT IS CHAIRED BY CULTURE (BROADCASTING, ENTERTAINMENT AND ADMINISTRATION), CARTLAND, AND THE MPIA WILL

SECRETARIAT PROVIDE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF

SOLICITOR;

MR

A FILM CRITIC.

"THE FOUR APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE DR PAT ELLIOT

MS

A POH-LEE TAN, THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS; WINSTON LEONG, A BUSINESSMAN; AND MR PAUL FONOROFF, THEIR APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR TWO YEARS,

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HE SAID.

/AN INFORMATION

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