TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1994
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HK AND CANADA MOU GIVES NEW IMPETUS FOR CO-OPERATION
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THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON CULTURAL CO-OPERATION JUST SIGNED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA WILL GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO TWO COMMUNITIES TO LOOK FOR NEW AREAS OF CO-OPERATION, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE SIGNING OF THE MOU BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS YESTERDAY (MONDAY) "UNDERLINES THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CULTURAL LINKAGE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA", MR SO SAID.
SIGNING OF THE MOU TO THE COMMONWEALTH MONTH, MR SO SAID:
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SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE AND TO BID FAREWELL TO THE HONG KONG DELEGATION GAMES TO BE HELD IN VICTORIA, CANADA LATER THIS "THROUGH MORE EXCHANGES AND JOINT PROGRAMMES, OUR APPRECIATION IN THE FIELDS OF ARTS, CULTURE AND SPORTS WILL BE MUCH ENHANCED.
"MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS MEMORANDUM WILL GIVE IMPETUS TO THE TWO COMMUNITIES TO LOOK FOR NEW AREAS OF CO-OPERATION, TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE BRIDGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT ACROSS THE PACIFIC BETWEEN US.
MR SO SAID A LARGE PART OF THE SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE OF THE SIGNING OF THE MOU "OWES MUCH ΤΟ THE INITIATIVE AND CO-OPERATION" RENDERED BY THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG, MR JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM, AND HIS STAFF.
MR HIGGINBOTHAM WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE RECEPTION IN PLACE OF THE CANADIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR ANDRE OUELLET, WHO SIGNED THE MOU ON BEHALF OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WITH MR SO MONDAY. MR OUELLET LEFT HONG KONG SOON AFTER THE SIGNING.
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TURNING TO THE HONG KONG DELEGATION то THE XV COMMONWEALTH GAMES, MR SO SAID: "WE HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT ALL MEMBERS OUR TEAM ARE IN TOP FORM AND WILL GIVE ABOVE STANDARD PERFORMANCES THE GAMES.
"I AM SURE THEIR PERFORMANCES WILL DO HONG KONG PROUD BY SHOWING THE COMMONWEALTH THE RICH MIX OF EAST-WEST CULTURE THAT IS UNIQUE TO HONG KONG.
AT THE RECEPTION, THE HONG KONG AMATEUR GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION GAVE A RHYTHMIC GYMNASTIC PERFORMANCE, FOLLOWED BY MUSIC PERFORMED BY STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS WHO WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
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478 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED
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AND ELECTORAL OFFICE HAS RECEIVED REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS.
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE STARTING THE NOMINATION YESTERDAY WAS 478.
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