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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1994

FARE INcrease FOR TRAM SERVICES * * * * *

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED

FROM INCREASED FOR TRAM SERVICES WILL BE JOURNEY STARTING THIS SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 6).

TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT FARB

$1 ΤΟ

PER $1.20

SINGLE

MORE.

CONCESSIONARY HALF FARE WILL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS OF 65 YEARS OR

MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE CHARGED AT $100.

NEW HK OFFICE PREMISES IN BRUSSELS OPEN

IN

THE NEW PREMISES OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE

3 (THURSDAY. BRUSSELS BRUSSELS WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON FEBRUARY TIME).

THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE OFFICE OVER THE YEARS HAD RISE TO THE NEED FOR MORE SPACIOUS OFFICE ACCOMMODATION.

GIVEN

THE COST OF ACQUIRING THE PREMISES WAS ABOUT HK$9.9 MILLION.

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MRTH CHAU, AT ITS OPENING CEREMONY.

OFFICIATED

SAID THE PURCHASE OF THE HE

NEW PREMISES WAS A CLEAR MANIFESTATION OF THE IMPORTANCE HONG KONG ATTACHED TO ITS ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN BRUSSELS, THE CAPITAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE FURTHER

OF ITS ECONOMIC AND TRADE DEVELOPMENT EUROPEAN UNION.

LINKS

AND TO

WITH

THE

HONG KONG WAS ALSO OF GROWING IMPORTANCE TO THE EUROPEAN AS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA, HE SAID.

ΤΟ

UNION

1 AM SURE THAT AF EUROPE JOINS THE REST OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD PRESENTED BY TAP THE RICH OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT

CHINA, CHINA,

OUR IMPORTANCE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION AS THE GATEWAY TO

CHINA AND AS A AS A

OF EXPERTISE FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH SOURCE

IN CHINA, WILL BUSINESS

CENTRE FOR TRADING AND INVESTING SERVICES BECOME EVEN MORE PROMINENT, ITE ·VID.

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