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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1993

STATEMENT ON PENSION FUND

IN ANSWER TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN THIS (MONDAY) EVENING CONFIRMED THAT THE PROPOSED $7 BILLION CIVIL SERVICE PENSION RESERVE FUND WOULD BE IN ADDITION ΤΟ THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENTS UNDER THE AIRPORT MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING.

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GOODLAD IN HK * * * *

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, MR ALASTAIR GOODLAD ARRIVED HONG KONG TODAY (MONDAY) FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT.

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AFTER ATTENDING A COMMUNITY LUNCH HOSTED BY THE SECRETARY HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, MR GOODLAD WAS GIVEN A BRIEFING ON EDUCATION BY

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG.

LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, HE VISITED THE EBENEZER SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND IN POK FU LAM BEFORE GOING TO SEE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT.

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FIRST VISITED THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WHERE HE TOURED AROUND THE LIBRARY AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT LABORATORY AND MRT WITH A NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

ACCOMPANIED BY CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR HERMAN CHO, MR GOODLAD WENT ON TO VISIT THE WESTERN MARKET WHERE HB WAS BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY AND WORK OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

HE THEN INSPECTED THE MID-LEVELS ESCALATORS AND RODE ALONG THE SECTION LEADING UP TO CAINE ROAD.

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