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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1995

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The Governor presents his fourth policy address to the Legislative Council. It states the government's aims and objectives, and reports on the success most departments had in meeting their targets over the year.

The Solicitor-General, Mr Daniel Fung, leads a Hong Kong Govern- ment team to Geneva for a hearing before the UN Human Rights Committee on a periodic report on the territory.

The Governor visits London to brief the Prime Minister, Mr John Major, on the latest developments in the territory.

The Sino-British Joint_Liaison Group visits Beijing for its 34th meeting.

The Attorney General, Mr Jeremy Mathews, makes his first official visit to Beijing and Shanghai.

The Governor chairs his second summit on employment, which produces a three-way approach to the issue clamping down on illegal labour, increasing resources for retraining, and improving the govern- ment's job-matching procedure.

The United States and Hong Kong confirm a draft air services agree- ment text, which, when cleared by the Joint Liaison Group, will ensure the continuation of air links between both places beyond 1997.

The Secretary for Trade and Industry, Mr Chau Tak-hay, represents Hong Kong at the seventh ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in Osaka. Ministers agree on an Action Agenda for submission to economic leaders.

A team led by Principal Crown Counsel Mr Stephen Wong attends a hearing of the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva on govern- ment measures to prevent any acts of torture.

The Action Agenda for achieving a free trade goal in the Asia-Pacific region is endorsed by the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in Osaka. Financial Secretary Donald Tsang represents Hong Kong.

The head of the Economic Affairs Department of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, Mr Zhang Liangdong, leads a Chinese delegation on a 10-day visit to the territory.

The Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, takes part in an informal ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Vancouver.

The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, begins a 12-day visit to Milan, Rome, Paris and Singapore. She meets government officials and busi- ness leaders.

At its 31st meeting, the Sino-British Land Commission agrees to adjust the land disposal programme to facilitate the building of the River Trade Terminal at Tuen Mun.