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1979 Calendar of Events

JANUARY

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10

19

Tsuen Wan Arts Centre opened

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance 1979 Shipping and Port Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1979 (to deal more effectively with ships trafficking in illegal immigrants and refugees)

Panamanian-registered freighter 'Huey Fong' with 3,318 refugees from Vietnam enters HK waters without permission

FEBRUARY

5

7

13

21

21

28

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24

7th Hong Kong Arts Festival opens

Arrival of Panamanian-registered freighter 'Skyluck' with 2,637 refugees from Vietnam under cover of darkness

Harpers International of Hong Kong signs an agreement to set up an assembly plant in Shenzhen for Ford buses and trucks

Visit by Secretary of State for Industry, The Rt Hon E G Varley, MP

Hong Kong bans importation of rhinoceros horn

Financial Secretary presents 1979 80 budget

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MARCH

3

6

Visit of HRH Prince Charles

8

11

13

15

17

18

Urban Council elections (12,426 votes cast)

Over 100 refugees on board 'Skyluck' jump overboard (all are rescued)

Container lorry service starts between Hong Kong and Guangzhou (Canton)

Inaugural meeting of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee

Sun Hung Kai Securities Ltd announce opening of office in Peking (first Hong Kong company to open a permanent office in China since 1949)

Visit by Deputy UN High Commissioner for Refugees