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'TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994

THE INFORMAL MEETING IS EXPECTED

ΤΟ BROADEN AND DEEPEN THE

RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE OECD AND THE DNMES.

THE

HIGH-LEVEL

MEETING IS PART

DATING BACK

OF

AND DNMES BETWEEN THE OECD MOST VALUABLE TO THOSE INVOLVED.

THE

INFORMAL DIALOGUE TO 1989 AND HAS PROVED

NEW DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN ELECTED

MRS POON YAM WAI-CHUN WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN OF THE TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND MR CHOY KAN-PUI OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WAS RE-ELECTED UNOPPOSED AS ITS CHAIRMAN TODAY (TUESDAY).

KWUN

MRS POON WON 17 VOTES WHILE ANOTHER NOMINEE MR LAM KIN-KWOK GOT 15 VOTES.

MEANWHILE,

MR KAN CHUNG-NIN WAS ELECTED AS THE SHA TIN DISTRICT DEFEATING HIS BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AFTER RIVAL ME CHING CHEUNG YING BY 18 VOTES TO 13.

זזזזז

MR LAI WING-LIN WAS RETURNED UNOPPOSED TO REPRESENT TONG DISTRICT BOARD IN THE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE

THE KWUN

SIX CHAIRMEN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAVE ALSO BEEN NAMED.

COMMITTEES

THEY ARE MR LAM KIN-PUI OF THE CULTURE, RECREATION AND

MR HUNG CHUNG-FUN BUILDING COMMITTEE; AND COMMUNITY

OF

SPORTS THE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE; MR MA YAT-CHEUNG

AND SERVICES COMMITTEE;

OF THE TRAFFIC

COMMITTEE;

COMMITTEE; HOUSING MR SETO CHAK OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE.

MR LI

MISS AU YUK-HAR TING-KIT

OF THE

-

0

-

TRANSPORT

AND

FUNDS TO SUPPORT BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE SPENDING OVER $24 MILLION IN 1994/95 - 1996/97 ΤΟ PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG.

THIS INCLUDES THE PUBLICATION OF A BIOTECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY, CONTINUATION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME AND THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS,

SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION HELD BY THE BIOTECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (ITDC) TODAY (TUESDAY), THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR RAYMOND YOUNG, SAID THE PROJECTS WERE BEING FUNDED UNDER THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SCHEME IN 1994/95.

HE URGED INDUSTRIALISTS AND ACADEMICS TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO ENHANCE HONG KONG'S POSITION AS A CENTRE FOR HIGH VALUE- ADDED AND TECHNOLOGY-BASED MANUFACTURING.

/ALSO SPEAKING