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At the gala dinner hosted by the Asia Society the following evening, she will receive an award in recognition of her contribution to international understanding and an honorary citizen award of the City of Houston.
Mrs Chan will be back to Hong Kong in the evening of February 3.
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Governor to inspect CSD annual parade
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, will take the salute at the annual inspection of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) this Friday (January 24) at the CSD Staff Training Institute in Stanley.
Mr Patten will also present Colonial Prison Service medals to 30 CSD officers.
The ceremony will feature pipers and marching performances by inmates of the Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution and the marching band of inmates of the Cape Collinson Correctional Institution.
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Fee revision to operate ropeways and lifts and escalators
The Government proposed that specific fees charged under the Aerial Ropeways (Safety) Ordinance and the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance would be increased with effect from 8 March 1997, subject to the Legislative Council's approval.
A Government spokesman today (Wednesday) said the proposed general rate of increase was 9 per cent which was based on the movement of the Government Consumption Expenditure Deflator. Regarding the fees for registering as aerial ropeways operator and for amending their limited certificates, the proposed increase was 44 per cent.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.