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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994

CLOSE LINKS BETWEEN CANADA AND HK

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MR SECRETARY,

MICHAEL

LEUNG,

TONIGHT

AND GROWING

THE ACTING CHIEF (FRIDAY) SAID AN INCREASING PROXIMITY IN RELATIONSHIP FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN CANADA AND HONG KONG WERE EVIDENT IN MANY ASPECTS.

THE VISITING GOVERNOR- SPEAKING AT THE DINNER IN HONOUR OF

LEUNG SAID GENERAL OF CANADA, MR RAMON HNATYSHYN, AND HIS WIFE, MR

AND TRADING BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES HAD GONE UP FOUR TIMES IN A DECADE THERE WERE SUCCESSFUL CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN THE PAST.

"FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, CANADA HAS BEEN RANKED AMONG THE TOP HONG KONG STUDENTS STUDYING MOST THREE

DESTINATIONS FOR POPULAR OVERSEAS, MR LEUNG SAID.

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FOR HONG KONG YEAR, HE

"CANADA IS ALSO THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATION EMIGRANTS, ATTRACTING SOME 29,000 HONG KONG PEOPLE EVERY SAID.

MR LEUNG NOTED THAT THERE WAS ALSO AN HONG KONG EMIGRANTS RETURNING FROM CANADA.

INCREASING NUMBER OF

AND RETURNEES

TWO

"THIS LARGE CONTINGENT OF HONG KONG EMIGRANTS WILL FORM THE BACKBONE OF AN INVALUABLE HUMAN NETWORK BETWEEN THE

MR LEUNG SIDES OF THE PACIFIC, TO THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF US ALL, SAID.

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NEW FEES UNDER CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND

INDECENT ARTICLES REGULATION

NEW FEES FOR A NUMBER OF SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE CONTROL OF JUNE OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON

CULTURE BRANCH SAID TODAY 2, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND (FRIDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID TO COVER THE INCREASE IN COSTS, THE FEES SET OUT IN THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES REGULATION WILL BE INCREASED BY ABOUT 10 PER CENT.

ARTICLES THESE INCLUDE FEES CHARGED FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF

OF ITS INTERIM BY THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL (0.A.T.), REVIEW

RE-CONSIDERATION OF CLASSIFICATION OF AN ARTICLE AT A FULL HEARING,

NOTICES ITS CLASSIFICATION, THE INSPECTION, COPYING OR EXTRACTION OF AND SEARCH OF THE O.A.T'S REPOSITORY.

FEES PAYABLE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES BY O.A.T. GO UP FROM $1,760 To $1,940.

/THE SPOKESMAN

WILL