ENG-1988 — Page 17

Hong Kong Year Books 香港年報 All

CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1988

15.11.88

25.11.88

26.11.88

8.12.88

22.12.88

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The $550-million first phase of the City Polytechnic is inaugurated. The project, due for completion in 1989, will be followed by a second phase due to be completed in 1992–3.

The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the largest of its kind in Asia, is opened by the Governor.

The Chief Secretary leaves for visits to the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Triad Renunciation Scheme comes into operation, allowing people to abandon their triad involvement.

The British Government announces it will take a further 1 000 Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong over the next two to three years, provided other countries are prepared to do so commensurately.

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