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GOVERNOR TO VISIT JAPAN

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1992

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN,

WILL MAKE AN

OFFICIAL VISIT TO JAPAN FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO 28 AT THE INVITATION OF THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

MR MIYAZAWA,

DURING THE VISIT HE WILL MEET THE PRIME MINISTER, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR WATANABE, AS WELL AS OTHER SENIOR JAPANESE POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LEADING BUSINESSMEN, INCLUDING: THE INFLUENTIAL KEIDANREN BUSINESS ORGANISATION.

MR PATTEN WILL ALSO LEND HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT TO THE WORK OF AN 11-MEMBER HONG KONG ECONOMIC MISSION HEADED BY BARONESS DUNN, WHICH WILL BE TRAVELLING TO TOKYO AT THE SAME TIME.

THE MISSION MEMBERS INCLUDE MR TUNG CHEE-HWA, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ORIENT OVERSEAS (HOLDINGS); DR VICTOR FUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE TDC; SIR Q W LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE HANG SENG BANK; AND MR T H CHAU, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 26) MORNING, THE GOVERNOR WILL ADDRESS THE 15TH PLENARY SESSION OF THE HONG KONG-JAPAN, JAPAN-HONG KONG BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES.

THE COMMITTEES WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1979 ΤΟ FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES OF HONG KONG AND JAPAN AND TO PROMOTE TRADE, INVESTMENT AND OTHER ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.

MR PATTEN WILL ADDRESS A LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 600 GUESTS, BEFORE GOING ON ΤΟ THE JAPAN NATIONAL PRESS CLUB FOR A MEDIA CONFERENCE.

FOR THE GOVERNOR, IT WILL BE HIS THIRD OVERSEAS VISIT IN AS MANY WEEKS, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG-ESTABLISHED POLICY OF PROMOTING HONG KONG AS ASIA'S BUSINESS CENTRE.

JAPAN IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE FOREIGN INVESTORS IN HONG KONG WITH ESTIMATED CUMULATIVE ASSETS TOTALLING SOME US$10 BILLION IN THE TERRITORY.

THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS PATTEN; THE INFORMATION CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON; PERSONAL ADVISER, MR MARTIN DINHAM; DEPUTY PRIVATE SECRETARY, MS ANNE SHEPHERD.

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