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Informal get together

Informal Get Together Between Senior Hong Kong Civil Servants and Officials of the Chinese Side

Following consultation with the Xinhua News Agency (Hong Kong Branch), we are pleased to announce that the third informal get together between senior Hong Kong civil servants and officials of the Chinese side will take place on 21 December 1995 at the Voting Members' Box, Happy Valley Racecourse starting at 10.30 am. It will end after lunch.

Participating officers will be:

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Mr Rafael Hui

Secretary for Financial Services

Mr Frederick Ho

Commissioner for Census and Statistics

Mrs Regina Ip

Director-General of Industry

Miss Denise Yue

Secretary for Trade and Industry

Mr Tony Miller

Director-General of Trade

Mr Stephen Selby

Director of Intellectual Property

Mr Joseph Yam, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority will also be attending.

They will be accompanied by Mr Patrick Lau, Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service and Mr Joshua Law, Principal Assistant Secretary for the Civil Service.

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