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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1991

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Financial Secretary Sir Piers Jacobs presents the 1991-2 Budget in the Legislative Council.

The Governor leaves for a visit to London, the Netherlands and Germany. In Hanover, he opens the trade fair CeBIT'91, in which Hong Kong is the prime partner and the focus for the 1991 event.

The 18th meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group begins in Beijing.

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A White Paper, ‘Social Welfare into the 1990's and Beyond' is tabled in the Legislative Council.

Fieldwork gets underway for a full-scale population census.

British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd arrives in Hong Kong after visiting Beijing.

Hong Kong's first satellite television service, STAR TV, begins broadcasting to the Asian region.

The Governor opens Hong Kong's new Science Museum.

The Financial Secretary leaves for Vancouver to attend on Asian Development Bank annual meeting.

The Government publishes for public consultation a report by a working party on primary health care.

More than 393 000 voters (23 per cent of electors) cast their ballots in the Municipal Council elections.

The Governor starts a six-day official visit to Australia for discussions with the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke, senior ministers and leading businessmen.

Hong Kong Park, a new 10-hectare 'green lung' in Central, is officially opened to the public.

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney visits Hong Kong for the launching of the 'Festival of Canada in Hong Kong'.

The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance comes into effect,

The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group begins its 19th meeting in Hong Kong.

The Governor leaves for a seven-day visit to London for discussions with British Prime Minister John Major and other senior officials.

A Hong Kong delegation headed by Financial Secretary (Designate) Hamish Macleod attends the Europe/Asia Conference 1991 in Vienna, which focuses on the investment and trade opportunities in Asia and Europe.