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9. The proposed development of a deep-water port at Chiwan on the southern tip of the peninsula is more plausible. Press reports have cited spokesmen from China Merchants Steam

Navigation Co. to the effect that officials from the Ministry of Petroleum Industries have begun a seabed survey at Chiwan

with a view to developing the port as an offshore oil

exploration support-base (mention has also been made of the

development of Guangzhou and Zhangjiang as such bases).

Shenzhen's administration

10.

All local newspapers mentioned on 17 and 18 October a

reorganisation of Shenzhen's administration, reportedly designed to strengthen the leadership of the Special Economic Zone and streamline its management. The following appointments

were announced:

(i)

Liang Xiang Mayor and Secretary of Shenzhen

Municipal Committee (concurrently Provincial

Vice-Governor and 1st Deputy Director of the

Provincial Administration of Special Economic

Zones);

(ii)

Zhou Ding

Vice-Mayor and Deputy Secretary of

Shenzhen Municipal Committee;

(iii)

Zhou Qiwu

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) Vice-Mayors.

11.

(iv) Luo Zhangren )

Liang Xiang, Zhou Ding, Zhou Qiwu, Fang Bao, Liu Bo

and Lin Jiang were also named as members of the Standing

Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee.

12.

In fact, Ta Kung Pao reported the appointment of

Liang Xiang as Mayor of Shenzhen as early as February of this

year (paragraph 5 of Monthly Notes: February). It seems that

Liang will continue to work to the Director of the Provincial

Administration of Special Economic Zones, Vice-Governor

Wu Nansheng.

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