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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1996

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The Deputy Director of the Chinese Ministry of Justice's Foreign Affairs Department, Mr Wu Minying, leads an eight-member delegation on a visit to the territory, part of a series of reciprocal legal study visits that began in 1988.

Shenzhen officials involved in intellectual property protection meet representatives of Hong Kong Customs and the Intellectual Property Department. Both sides affirm their high level of commitment to the protection of intellectual property in their respective jurisdictions.

The Housing Society, the Land Development Corporation, the Airport Authority and the Vocational Training Council are brought within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints. They are the second batch of statutory bodies included under its jurisdiction since June 1994.

The Attorney General, Mr Jeremy Mathews, attends a Commonwealth Law Ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Mainland and Hong Kong Customs officials meet in Shantou to plan further expansion of co-operation in anti-smuggling and intellectual property protection.

The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, dines with the visiting Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, Mr Lu Ping. They discuss a range of transitional issues of concern to the community. Mrs Chan pays a reciprocal visit to Mr Lu in Beijing on April 26.

Radio Television Hong Kong goes off the air for 47 minutes after lightning strikes a transmitter during one of the year's wettest thunderstorms.

Hong Kong plays host to a series of four meetings of the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council.

The 12th and final tube of the Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong's third road tunnel linking the island with Kowloon, is laid on the seabed under 17 metres of water off West Kowloon.

The Governor leaves for a 10-day visit to Canada and the United States. Hong Kong and Singapore sign an air services agreement, which will guarantee the continuation of air services links between both places beyond 1997.

A Chinese delegation led by the Director of Vocational Skills Development of the Ministry of Labour, Mr Zhang Xiaojian, arrives in Hong Kong as part of a series of sponsored visits.

The Director of Marine, Mr Ian Dale, visits Beijing to discuss maritime safety and operational transitional issues with the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration.