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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992

LEADING PARTICIPANTS WILL COME FROM AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, INDIA, ITALY, USA, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND HONG KONG.

TWO MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE WILL ALSO ATTEND.

THE UK.

PROBLEMS AT THE

THE BRITISH COUNCIL WILL SPONSOR TWO SCIENCE PARK EXPERTS FROM

THE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITH MORE THAN 30 PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 27 OPERATIONAL SCIENCE PARKS IN CHINA.

THE MAJOR THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMMES, COLLABORATION IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING, AND THE PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BY TENANT COMPANIES.

TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SCIENCE PARKS, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE A "PARTNER-SEEKING FORUM" IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS PARTNERS.

LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS ARE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND THIS SESSION.

AN ADDED ATTRACTION OF THE EVENT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIVE-DAY POST-CONFERENCE TOUR OF SCIENCE PARKS IN CHINA.

JOIN A

ANOTHER TOUR TAKING IN THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE HAS ALSO BEEN ARRANGED.

THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING 4Ꭲ THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE CAN CONTACT MR LAWRENCE CHAN (TELEPHONE NO. 788 8428; FAX NO.: 788 9119) OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG AT 83 TAT CHEE AVENUE, KOWLOON, HONG KONG FOR REGISTRATION.

DANGEROUS BUILDING IN WESTERN DECLARED

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED THE BUILDING AT HIGH STREET IN WESTERN DISTRICT LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

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IN A STATEMNET ISSUED TODAY (THURSDAY), THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR (PGBS) SAID THE STRUCTURE WAS A FOUR-STOREY POST-WAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB, BEAM AND COLUMN CONSTRUCTION, WITH BRICK EXTERNAL AND PARTY WALLS.

THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSED UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS SINCE JUNE 18 THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE OLD BRICK WALLS, WHICH FORMED THE ENCLOSURE TO THE BUILDING, WERE LIABLE TO COLLAPSE.

/THE PGBS