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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DANGEROUS GOODS STANDING COMMITTEE WHICH HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE CHEMICAL, SHIPPING, PETROLEUM AND GODOWN INDUSTRIES AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, HAD BEEN CONSULTED ON THE REVISION.

DETAILS OF THE NEW FEES WERE GAZETTED TODAY.

APPOINTMENTS TO TRAVEL AGENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAVEL AGENTS (ACTA), MR TANG KWAI-NANG, HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1992 TO OCTOBER 31, 1993, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

ALL THE OTHER NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN RE-APPOINTED FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

THEY ARE MRS PAMELA CHAN, MR SIMON HAU SUK-KEI, MR ROBERT KWAN CHIU-YIN, MR BENTON LAU KWOK-KIU, MR JAMES LU, MR PANG KAM-FAI, MR WAN HON-CHEUNG, MR HAROLD T WU, AND MR HOWARD YOUNG.

"THE ABOVE MEMBERS HAVE MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN FORMULATING THE REFORM PACKAGE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE OUTBOUND TRAVEL INDUSTRY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"NEWLY APPOINTED TO ACTA AS MEMBERS ARE DR KENNETH LEUNG WAI-YIN, LECTURER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND MR TAM KAI-ON, A DIRECTOR OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY COUNCIL BOARD AND DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF WAH NAM TRAVEL SERVICE LTD, HE SAID.

THEIR APPOINTMENT IS ALSO FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM

NOVEMBER 1, 1992.

LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST BILL GAZETTED

A BILL THAT PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST IN HONG KONG WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL AND GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 11 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE ENACTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

/THE HERITAGE