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MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1992

CULTURAL EXCHANGES STRENGTHEN LINKS WITH CANADA

INCREASING BILATERAL EXCHANGES ON MANY FRONTS WILL FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID

IN MONTREAL ON SUNDAY.

OF FESTIVAL

SPEAKING AT A GALA DINNER CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS HONG KONG '92 IN QUEBEC'S LARGEST CITY, MR WIGGHAM SAID HONG KONG WAS PROUD OF ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH CANADA AND WOULD CONTINUE TO BUILD ON ITS HISTORIC LINKS.

WE

HAVE RECENTLY

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HE SAID.

"TO FURTHER CEMENT THE RELATIONSHIPS, EMBARKED ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT EXCHANGES,

OUTLINING THE EXCHANGES,

SIGNED MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING PROTECTION AND FILM PRODUCTION.

HE SAID THE TWO GOVERNMENTS HAD ON CO-OPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL

ΤΟ DEVELOP BEEN

UNIVERSITIES IN BOTH PLACES HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS FURTHER EXCHANGES. A CIVIL SERVICE EXCHANGE SCHEME HAS ESTABLISHED.

LEGISLATORS FROM HONG KONG WERE RECENTLY ABLE ΤΟ MEET THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTTAWA FOR A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, HE ADDED.

MR WIGGHAM BELIEVED THESE ACTIVITIES CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED FRUITFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP.

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"I AM CONFIDENT THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA WILL DEEPEN, AND OUR SIGNIFICANCE TO EACH

WILL SIMILARLY INCREASE, AS IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS MAKE THE

AND THE PACIFIC REGION

OTHER

WORLD

▬▬

IN PARTICULAR

A SMALLER PLACE.

RELATIONSHIP,

"THE OMENS ARE EXCELLENT FOR BOTH OF US IN THIS AND I KNOW YOU WILL FIND THAT OUR VALUE AS A BUSINESS AND CULTURAL PARTNER WILL GROW EVEN MORE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA, HE SAID.

MR WIGGHAM WILL FLY TO OTTAWA ON MONDAY FOR A BUSY PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL INCLUDE CALLS ON CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER.

HE WILL DELIVER A KEYNOTE SPEECH AT A BUSINESS LUNCHEON.

IN THE EVENING, HE WILL ENJOY A PERFORMANCE BY THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS.

ON TUESDAY, HE WILL FLY TO VANCOUVER FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS TO MARK THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL.

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