Mayor of Shanghai Visits HKUST

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[evdate 1995-07-28] For Immediate Release 28 July 1995 Mayor of Shanghai Visits HKUST The Mayor of Shanghai, Mr Xu Kuangdi, accompanied by a seven- member delegation, will visit the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology today ( 28 July ). Members of the delegation are high-level government officials and business leaders of Shanghai, including: Mr Cai Laixing, Chairman, Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co. Ltd.; Mr Chen Jinbang, President and Vice-Chairman, Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co. Ltd.; Mr Xu Zhaochun, Director, Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government; Mr Wang Zukang, Chairman, Foreign Economic Relations and Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Trade The delegation will be received by Professor Chia-Wei Woo, President of the University; Professor Sham-Dow Kung, Vice-President for Academic Affairs; and Professor Eugene Wong, Vice-President for Research and Development. Deans, department heads, and faculty members at HKUST will also meet and discuss areas of cooperation with the delegation during their visit to the campus. Mayor Xu and his delegation are visiting Hong Kong following a trip to San Francisco to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sister Cities Agreement between Shanghai and San Francisco. They are in Hong Kong for only two days, and will fly back to Shanghai right after a family-style dinner at the President's Lodge. . ote to Editors . (Direct enquiries to the Office of Public Affairs at 2358 6320 or pager 1163388 call 2652)