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Chief Secretary's visit to Europe
The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, will depart Hong Kong on Saturday (April 22) for a week-long visit to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
On the first day of her visit in Brussels, Mrs Chan will have separate sessions with the President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Santer, and the Vice- President of the Commission, Sir Leon Brittan.
On April 25 (Tuesday), she will call on the Belgian Prime Minister, Mr Jean- Luc Dehaene, to discuss matters of mutual interest.
She will also call on the President of the European Parliament, Mr Klaus Hansch, and meet with the European Parliament-Hong Kong Friendship Group.
She will attend a luncheon hosted by the Royal Institute for International Affairs in Brussels and address members of the Institute on "Hong Kong: Europe's Partner for the Pacific Century".
On April 26 (Wednesday), she will address a dinner hosted by the Netherlands- Hong Kong Society in Hague which will be attended by over 120 guests from the business community, including traders, bankers, manufacturers and shipping and airline executives. She will speak on "Hong Kong into the 21st Century".
While in Hague, Mrs Chan will call on the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Wim Kok.
She will also call on the Vice-Minister-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Hans van Mierlo, and the Director-General for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dr Franciscus Aloysius Engering.
On April 27 (Thursday), Mrs Chan will depart for Dusseldorf and attend a luncheon hosted by Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale where she will meet prominent members of the business community.
On arrival in Bonn on the same day, she will call on the Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of Federal Chancellery, Mr Friedrich Bohl.
Mrs Chan will return to Hong Kong on April 29 (Saturday).
End/Tuesday, April 18, 1995
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