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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1993

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MEETING IN GUANGZHOU ON ECVII'S

A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELEGATION LED BY THE ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN ASHTON, WILL ATTEND A MEETING IN GUANGZHOU ON MONDAY (AUGUST 23) TO DISCUSS RX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS).

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MR ASHTON WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY + KEN WOODHOUSE; DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR JOHN YEUNG; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALEX YEUNG; AND ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, MS ANNETTE LEE.

THE MEETING HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS, WHICH WILL LEAD THE CHINESE SIDE. OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND FROM GUANGDONG AND NEIGHBOURING PROVINCES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE ΤΟ SEEK AGREEMENT ON PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENDING THE RECENT INFLUX OF BCVIIS TO HONG KONG, AND FOR RETURNING THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED TO CHINA.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MR ASHTON AND MR JOHN YEUNG WILL SPEAK TO THE MEDIA BEFORE BOARDING THEIR TRAIN AT HUNG HOM RATI, TERMINUS TOMORROW (SUNDAY) EVENING. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE VIP ROOM

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LUCKY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS SALE BY AUCTION

FIFTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $2,381,000 WHICH WILL GO ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES AFTER DEDUCTION EXPENSES INCURRED.

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THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE LECTURE HALL OF THE SHEUNG WAN CIVIC CENTRE, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK 9000 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $830,000.

ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK FK18 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $210,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 EACH FOR FG8602 AND FF9965.

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