CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1991
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The Governor officially opens the Tate's Cairn Tunnel, which is the longest road tunnel in Hong Kong, providing a direct link between Sha Tin and Eastern Kowloon.
The operations of the Bank of Credit and Commerce Hong Kong are suspended.
The Minister of State with Responsibility for Hong Kong, Lord Caithness, arrives in Hong Kong for a seven-day visit.
Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited, the second commercial radio station to be licensed, commences broadcasting.
The Governor holds talks in Shenzhen with Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Lu Ping, focusing mainly on the new airport project.
A charity concert, held at Happy Valley race track for China's flood victims, attracts an audience of more than 80 000 and raises over $100 million.
The 3rd International Abilympics, hosted by Hong Kong, attracts over 2 000 participants from 80 countries.
The Sino-British Memorandum of Understanding on Hong Kong's new airport and related projects is signed in Beijing by Prime Minister John Major and Premier Li Peng.
Prime Minister John Major arrives from Beijing for a two-day visit accompanied by Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd.
Hong Kong signs a new Air Service Agreement with Brazil.
The Chief Secretary leaves for a week-long visit to Japan to introduce Hong Kong's new airport project to Japanese bankers and financiers.
Elections are held for the 21 functional constituency seats of the Legislative Council.
More than 750 000 people (39 per cent of electors) cast their votes for 18 geographical constituency seats in Hong Kong's first direct elections to the Legislative Council.
The 20th round of Sino-British Joint Liaison Group talks begins in London.
The Governor opens the University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong's third university with an initial intake of 700 students.
The Governor leaves for a week's visit to London for discussions with the Foreign Secretary and other ministers and officials.
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