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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1989

Secretary for Security Geoffrey Barnes returns from a three-day meeting on Vietnamese boat people in Kuala Lumpur.

The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group begins its 12th round of meetings in Beijing.

The Governor leaves for London to attend the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee hearings.

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The government announces its intention to award a second commercial radio broadcasting licence in early 1990.

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A Central Policy Unit is set up to provide government with a source of alternative thinking and wider perspectives on major policy issues.

The House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee commences hearings in Hong Kong, during which the Chief Secretary Sir David Ford asks for more flexible application of the British Nationality Act.

A consultative document on the future status of foreign lawyers and foreign law firms is published.

The government announces its decision to allow importation of 3 000 skilled foreign workers.

A second group of 68 Vietnamese boat people voluntarily returns to Vietnam.

The first of a series of mass rallies takes place, in support of the students' democratic movement in China.

A Green Paper on transport policy in the next decade is tabled in the Legislative Council, with proposals for major road and rail projects. costing an estimated $29 billion.

Over a million Hong Kong people hold massive rallies to express their sorrow at the tragic events in Beijing.

The Governor departs for London to give evidence at the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on June 12.

The Governor arrives at the Geneva Vietnamese refugee conference where he emphasises that only mandatory repatriation could really solve the boat people problem.

An OMELCO delegation leaves for London to press for the right of abode for Hong Kong people.

Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe arrives for a three-day visit, during which he says that Britain cannot give the right of abode in the United Kingdom to the 3.25 million British Dependent Territory citizens in Hong Kong.