ENG-1995 — Page 16

CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1995

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August

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September

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The Governor in Council endorses a package of proposals to deal with traffic congestion, including studying the feasibility of electronic road pricing.

A Chinese delegation led by the Chief Economist of the Ministry of Railways, Mr Sheng Guangzhu, arrives in the territory for a 10-day visit.

The Court of Final Appeal Bill is passed by the Legislative Council.

The Legislative Council passes the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Bill, which gives workers retirement protection.

The Infrastructure Co-ordinating Committee meets in Beijing to discuss infrastructure projects with cross-border implications.

Torrential rain causes one landslide at Aberdeen, killing a man and a woman, and another at Chai Wan that kills a 12-year-old boy. Parts of Hong Kong Island receive 650 millimetres of rain in three days.

Hong Kong opens an economic and trade office in Singapore.

The Secretary for Financial Services (Designate), Mr Rafael Hui, and six other officials visit Beijing and Qingdao until August 28. This is part of a series of familiarisation visits to China started in 1988.

Chief Secretary Mrs Anson Chan visits Hefei in Anhui to attend the premiere of a television series on her late grandfather, General Fang Zhen-wu. She is invited by the Office of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Anhui Province.

The Governor inspects a parade at the Cenotaph to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of HK from Japanese forces.

The Minister of State with special responsibility for Hong Kong, Mr Jeremy Hanley, arrives for a five-day familiarisation visit.

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) is disbanded after 141 years of distinguished part-time service to Hong Kong.

Chief Secretary Mrs Anson Chan flies to Massachusetts to receive an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters awarded by the Tufts University.

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Hong Kong comes third among the world's most competitive places for business in a survey by the World Economic Forum.

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Hong Kong hosts the fourth special session of senior officials planning for the Seventh APEC Ministerial Meeting.

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