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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1992

IN ADDITION, A

MAJOR DEMONSTRATION BY A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT MASTER OF THE SOGETSU MARCH 12 AT 7 PM.

WILL SCHOOL

RENOWNED

BE STAGED ON

JAPANESE

ANOTHER

THE

FLOWER SHOW IS

THE

OF

FLOWERS STALLS NEW

MAJOR ATTRACTION OF COMPETITION SECTION CONSISTING OF 131 CLASSES OF EXHIBITS.

SALE 45 STALLS FOR THE FLOWER SHOW ALSO FEATURES AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS 20 COMMERCIAL DISPLAYING THE LATEST MODELS OF GARDENING MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

WILL HELP TO

AND HORTICULTURE,

UPDATE VISITORS

PROVIDE THEM

ON THE LATEST PRACTICAL WITH

THIS DISPLAY DEVELOPMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE ON PLANT-GROWING.

PM

MARCH

THE 10-DAY FLOWER SHOW IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9 AM TO 9 EVERY DAY. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY FROM 2 PM ON 10 TO 2 PM ON MARCH 11.

ADMISSION TICKETS ARE PRICED AT $10 FOR ADULTS AND $5 ELDERLIES, CHILDREN AND STUDENTS.

FOR THE

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HONG KONG TO PLAY ACTIVE ROLE IN APEC

HONG KONG, WHICH WAS ADMITTED TO TAKE PART IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) PROCESS IN NOVEMBER 1991, WOULD PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR JOHN TSANG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

MR TSANG HAS JUST RETURNED FROM BANGKOK AFTER ATTENDING AN APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETING TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG. THIS TWO-DAY PREPARATORY MEETING WAS THE LEAD- UP TO THE FOURTH MINISTERIAL MEETING OF APEC SET FOR SEPTEMBER.

AND

MR TSANG SAID HONG KONG WOULD TAKE PART IN MOST OF THE 10 APEC PROJECT GROUPINGS. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED TRADE PROMOTIONS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT DATA INTERCHANGE, EXPANSION OF INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ENERGY CO-OPERATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM.

AT THE BANGKOK MEETING, REPRESENTATIVES OF 15 PACIFIC RIM MEMBER STATES REACHED A CONSENSUS THAT SOME FORM OF SUPPORTIVE MECHANISM WAS NECESSARY TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GROUP IN IMPLEMENTING ITS WORK.

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