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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1993

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT HONG KONG HAS PARTICIPATED IN AN APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING.

THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY MR CHAU.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDE THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER; THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH BOSHER; THE GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST, MR K Y TANG; THE COUNSELLOR, HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE, WASHINGTON, MS SANDRA S Y LEE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR FRANCIS S W HO; THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR JOHN TSANG AND THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MISS CHERRY LING.

MR TONY MILLER WILL BE REPRESENTING HONG OFFICIALS' MEETING HELD FROM NOVEMBER 14 TO 16 MINISTERIAL MEETING.

KONG A'E THE SENIOR TO PREPARE FOR THE

MEMBERS OF APEC ARE AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, CANADA, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HONG KONG, INDONESIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, CHINESE TAIPEI, THAILAND AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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INDUSTRY CHIEF VISITS PEARL RIVER DELTA

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THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MISS DENISE YUE, STARTS FIVE-DAY VISIT TO CHINA TODAY (SUNDAY), TO

(SUNDAY), TO SEE THE LATEST ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION.

THE DELEGATION, COMPRISING SIX OFFICIALS FROM THE INDUSTRRY DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, WILL VISIT GUANGZHOU, PANYU, FOSHAN AND SHUNDE.

SPEAKING BEFORE HER DEPARTURE, MISS YUE SAID: "HONG KONG AND CHINA HAVE DEVELOPED VERY CLOSE ECONOMIC LINKS SINCE THE LATTER OPENED ITS DOOR IN 1979.

"WITH CHINA'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REMAINING FAVOURABLE, ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES CAN BE EXPECTED TO BROADEN AND INTENSIFY FURTHER.'

THE DELEGATION WILL FIRST GO TO GUANGZHOU where IT WILL MEET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GUANGDONG PLANNING COMMISSION, THE GUANGDONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMISSION AND THE GUANGZHOU ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMISSION TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.

IN PANYU, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE DELEGATES TO MEET OFFICIALS OF THE PANYU ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMMISSION AND VISIT THE NANSHA DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

PANYU,

THE DELEGATION WILL THEN VISIT A NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN FOSHAN AND SHUNDE TO GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON THE MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES IN THESE PLACES.

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