Secondly, while Government level exchanges have expanded,
exchanges on a local level have also been expanding in the past
few years. Last year a direct flight from Hong Kong to Sapporo
was put into operation, in addition to flights to other local
centres. This has encouraged many visits to the Territory being
organised by local delegations in Japan, and
and this year from
Kagoshima, Kagawa, Okayama, Fukui, Ishikawa and Hiroshima Prefec-
tures, many different levels of personnel, Governors in certain
cases, have visited Hong Kong. I think that the further develop-
ment of such local level exchange is desirable.
Thirdly, comes cultural exchange. As
exchange. As part of academic
interaction, the Japanese Government has invited the Deans of
the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, and the Vice-Chancellor of the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology; to visit Japan.
Furthermore, the Japanese Government contributes to the
tertiary education system in Hong Kong through such programmes as
the Visiting Professors Programme, as well as providing salary
assistance for Japanese language teachers and subsidies for staff
expansion programmes in the Territory.
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