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Chinese delegation to visit Hong Kong
A Chinese delegation to be led by Mr Xu Yiping, Head of Standards and Norms Department of the Ministry of Construction, will visit Hong Kong from June 19 to 28, the Government announced today (Friday).
There will be seven other members in the delegation. They work in the Ministry of Construction, State Commission for Restructuring of Economic System, State Administration of Building Material Industry, State Land Administration, State Planning Commission, Hainan Provincial People's Government and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.
A Government spokesman said this was one in a series of sponsored visits between China and Hong Kong.
"The objective of the sponsored visit programme is to increase mutual understanding of Chinese and Hong Kong Government officials on each other's systems and ways of life," he said.
The delegation will be briefed by senior Hong Kong Government officials on policies relating to works, lands and planning, transportation, trade matters, financial affairs, district administration and regional services.
End/Friday, June 16, 1995
Fire services telecommunication system to be upgraded
Hong Kong needed to constantly update itself on the latest technology and to see how it could best be applied to achieve cost-effective solutions and improvements in serving the public, the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services. Mr Flugh Phillipson, said today (Friday).
"Today, the Director of Fire Services is taking a significant step forward in this direction by upgrading the fire services telecommunication systems with new equipment which incorporates the latest state-of-the-art radio technology." he said.
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