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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1992

DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION TO VISIT CHINA

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THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG MING-YIN, WILL VISIT CHINA FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO APRIL 30 AT THE INVITATION OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY,

HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR CHRISTOPHER LEE KA-KEUNG, AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER, MR WONG TAT-PO.

APART FROM VISITING PEKING, THE DELEGATION WILL ALSO VISIT XIAN AND CANTON.

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"THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE HELD WITH THE CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL NO DOUBT PROMOTE FURTHER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS," MR LEUNG SAID.

HE SAID THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WOULD ALSO BOTH SIDES A FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM AND OPERATION.

GIVE OFFICIALS OF OTHER'S IMMIGRATION

"THIS WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFITS IN THE BEYOND, HE ADDED.

RUN-UP ΤΟ 1997 AND

HK HEALTH TEAM VISITS MACAU

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THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, FOR MACAU THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT AT INVITATION OF THE LOCAL SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

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SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, AND THE COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR S.P. MAK.

MRS WONG SAID SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ FOSTER CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN THE TWO TERRITORIES AND то EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS ON HEALTH POLICY.

"THE VISIT IS OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF W.H.O. ON CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THIS AREA DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG LATER THIS MONTH, SHE ADDED.

DURING THEIR STAY IN MACAU, THE DELEGATION WILL CALL ACTING GOVERNOR OF MACAU.

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THEY WILL ALSO ATTEND A BRIEFING BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, DR ANA PEREZ, AND VISIT A NUMBER OF HEALTH CENTRES, A BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE AND A HOSPITAL.

THE PARTY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 22)

AFTERNOON.

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