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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993

TRADE DEPARTMENT DELEGATION VISITS CHINA

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SENIOR

TRADE

OFFICIALS,

LED

HONG KONG

BY TODAY

OF DELEGATION DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER, HAS LEFT (THURSDAY) FOR A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO BEIJING AND TIANJIN.

OUR

"THE MAIN PURPOSE OF

VISIT IS ΤΟ BUILD ON THE CLOSE THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN

OF FOREIGN MINISTRY

TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN BEIJING, "

MR MILLER SAID.

OF

THE FIRST THE DELEGATION WILL SPEND

THREE DAYS IN BEIJING

DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS THE MINISTRY AND DISCUSS MATTERS OF INTEREST TO BOTH SIDES.

TO VISIT THE THEY WILL ARRIVE IN TIANJIN ON SUNDAY (JUNE 13)

(EDA) AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA

TO SRE THE PROGRESS OF ITS FOREIGN TRADE AND PORT DEVELOPMENT.

AND MS MARIA RAYMOND CHAN,

MISS IRENE SARAR LOY,

ARE: MR CLEMENT MAK MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION ASSISTANT DIRECTORS-GENERAL OF KWAN,

MR TRADE;

OFFICER; PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER; MS MARILYN HUNG, TRADE TANG AND MR RAYMOND CHEN, ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICERS AND MS INTERPRETER.

DELEGATION THE

WILL RETURN ΤΟ HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY

(JUNE 16).

UPGC VITAL IN THIS PERIOD OF CHANGE

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THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) AS AN

INDEPENDENT BODY TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT IS NOW,

THIS IS BECAUSE HONG KONG IS IN A PER JOD OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE NEW UPGE CHAIRMAN, MR ANTONY K C LEUNG, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).

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LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR MR ANDREW LI MR LEUNG IS OF THE VIEW THAT THE COMMITTEE IS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT SEEKS TO ENSURE VALUE FOR PUBLIC MONEY AND TO SAFEGUARD INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

KONG'S

HE ALSO SHARED MR LI'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: THAT THEY SHOULD BECOME CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND STRIVE TO RANK AMONGST THE BEST IN CHINA.

"I MUST SAY THAT I AM EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE INSTITUTIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE IT," MR LEUNG SAID.

/ON TERTIARY