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JANUARY

12-18

12-19

20-23

24-25

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FEBRUARY

4

4-24

15

22

26

27

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS in 1974

Visit of Lord Fulton of Falmer and Lady Fulton

Visit of Sir John Tilney MP and Lady Tilney

Visit of the President of Nauru

Visit of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma

Official Languages Bill passed making Chinese equal with English for legal purposes

First Inspector of Prisons appointed

Second Hong Kong Arts Festival

Letter of Intent signed to negotiate Mass Transit Underground Railway with Japanese Consortium

Enactment of Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance setting up the Commission

Enactment of Securities Ordinance to establish a Securities Commission and Federation of Stock Exchanges, to make provisions in relation to stock exchanges and dealers in securities and to provide for the protection of investors

Enactment of Official Languages Ordinance to declare English and Chinese as the Official Languages of Hong Kong

UK accedes to the GATT arrangement regarding international trade in teştiles on Hong Kong's behalf.

Budget Speech, introducing higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol and motoring

Tsing Yi bridge opened