Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Is Bieber securities a Manitoba full service investment firm Royalty Trust units paid quarterly Call Guy Bieber 9460297 or 18002059070 spa Winnipeg free press Canada world june 1997 business b7 Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 More Canada and world news b6 and 010 around Canada wrongdoing ruled out Halifax police have ruled out any Hospital wrong doing in five of 23 deaths Treyve investigated so far at Nova Scotia biggest healthcare detectives have asked the provinces medical examiner to take a closer look at the medical records of 13 of those a police spokes woman they have been poring Over medical records in connection with deaths at the Queen Elizabeth ii health sciences Centre since Early when res virologist Nancy Morrison was charged with murder in the death of a cancer Klein touts merger Edmonton Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is once again promoting a merger of Canadas political Par ties of the right As the Only effective Way to take on the Federal liberals and ensure survival of the conservative the conservative Premier said yesterday that while most Federal parties made gains at the expense of the liberals in the recent they cant defeat the grits unless the tories join forces with my Back at work North Liberal my Bob Wood was Back at his constituency office cracking jokes and laughing about his collapse at a local Coffee shop on who represents Nitiss was released from North Bay general Hospital after an overnight stay but is scheduled for More although he experienced Chest pains before his tests found no evidence of heart Hells heading to Quebec the Hells Angels motorcycle gang is about to set up two chapters in Quebec be Soleil reported four units of the grim reapers gang in Alberta will be transformed into two formal Hells chapters at a party in the newspaper French speakers eyed Quebec Quebec will increase the number of immigrants that its allowed to choose to better enable the new arrivals to integrate into the French speaking Immi Gration minister Andre Boisclair said Why because they know Boisclair told a news con under an agreement signed in 1991 with the Federal Quebec has responsibility for the selection of Independent immigrants those who Are not grand chief chosen Kenora the Anish Naabe nation appointed its new grand chief yesterday in its first traditional selection process since Francis a former chief and Council member of the first was appointed by the National he will represent the Anish Naabe nation within the territory covering kilo metres within Canada in the Vicinity of the Borders of Manitoba and the United auction will be big one of the worlds largest Industrial auctioneers begins today Selling More than million Worth of equip ment used to build one of the worlds longest British Columb abased Richie expects More than inter ested buyers from around the world to show up and bid on a list of goods almost As Long As the 13kilometre confederation Strait Cross ing builder of the fixed link to Prince Edward Island that opened last is Selling off about lots of equipment and vehicles used during four years of italian Leader to visit Ottawa italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro will visit Canada june Scalfaro will visit Toronto and welfare rates Low Vancouver a nonprofit research group says welfare rates in British Columbia Are dangerously Low following the introduction of the provincial governments Bene fits the social planning and research Council said yesterday benefits for single persons on income assistance Are Only 37 per cent of the National poverty compiled from Canadian press the scottish Black watch the last British guard in Hong rehearses for the chinese army takes Over july nerves Are fraying Hong Kong challenges mount China puts army on Alert with just two weeks left until Britain returns control of Hong Kong to tensions Are rising As the world counts Down to the historic route rap Hong Kong leaders of Hong Kongs democracy movement threw Down the Gauntlet to chinese authorities yes vowing to Force their Way into the colons legislature As the world watches Britain hand the territory Back to China put its army on Alert and pushed for its troops to be allowed to March into Hong Kong before Bei Jing officially regains control of the territory july an Advance party of about 200 peo Ples liberation army soldiers Are already in Hong but China wants More in place the minute Chi Nese Rule there is a practical it is a matter that needs to be resolved and we Hope to solve Zhao a top chinese said of the troop the actions were signs of fraying nerves on both sides at the approach of what China has described As the Media event of the at Midnight on june the British Union Jack will be Prince Charles will hand Hong Kong Back to chinese president Jiang and the red Flag of communist China will be marking an end to 156 years of colonial the potentially biggest flashpoint was a plan announced by Hong Kongs beleaguered democratic Hong Kongs biggest political to Chal Lenge official bans on protests during the handover the demo cratic party made its threat after authorities blocked plans for a Public protest rally at Victoria Park by the Alliance in support of the patriotic democratic movement in party Vic chairman Yeung sum said the group plans a bold counter move in the Early hours of july 1 by British Navy officer removes Queens making speech of protest in the doomed legislative Council which is near the convention Centre where the heavily guarded handover ceremony and gala will take we will consider a no peaceful if authorities Block our Way an aide told Beijing plans to swear in its own handpicked legislature at the convention Centre shortly after mid formally replacing Hong Kongs democratically elected legislative Britain and the United states Are boycotting the Swearingin ceremony to protest chivas plans to scrap the territory existing earlier Hong Kongs future Tung appointed by China As head of the administration that will take Over july announced measures to dilute the presence of pro democracy politicians in local Tung said 116 new members were being appointed to municipal councils now filled with 398 elected offi the move dilutes the influence of the democratic which swept 1994 and 1995 its a sad step British Chris Patten told reporters yes i suppose its a Small mercy that at the very least the existing elected Board members have been has put its three million member Peoples liberation army and its police Force on High Alert to guard against ethnic unrest or internal instability in the sunup to the Hong Kong defining an entire generation tiny Colony Here Are some facts about Hong Kong location South coast of size nearly Square on fifth the size of Prince Edward population More than at least 95 per cent Chi history Hong Kong Island was occupied by Britain in 1841 and formally ceded in 1842 after Britain Defeated China in the first opium Kowloon Peninsula was ceded to Britain in 1860 Fol lowing More in adjacent new territories was leased rent free to Britain for 99 handover sin British talks began As lease expiry Date under the joint Decla ration signed in Britain returns All of Hong Kong on july with China promising a High degree of local autonomy and to allow the territory capitalistic Way of life to continue for 50 years under a one two systems obstacles Tiana men Mas Sacre in Beijing in 1989 shocked Hong British authorities accelerated the Pace of democratic reforms in upset Ting China which says the changes violated the joint dec China intends to abolish Hong Kongs elected legislative Council on july 1 and replace it with an appointed provisional body pending elections next by Paul Loong Canadian press Hong Kong behind the Glitz of the the impending return of Hong Kong to China could be an event As significant As Woodstock in defining an entire Canadian commissioner Garrett Lambert Drew the unexpected com Parison yesterday in his 14th floor which commands a sweeping Harbour View of the British Colony soon to become part of it would be easy for people to be looking at the wrong things during the hubbub of the handover at mid night june 30 and not recognize its True meaning until years Lam Bert said in an it might be a bit like Canadas top Diplomat is not Sug Gesting the solemn handover will look anything like the giant Rock festival attended by pot smoking Flower Chil Dren on a Farmers rain drenched Field in upstate new York in the late but the negotiated Transfer of a fiercely capitalistic society of Mil lion people to a on party govern ment which espouses communism is the one two systems formula allowing Hong Kong to retain its freewheeling ways has never been lamberts Point is that Hong Kongs repatriation could have implications far beyond whatever influence the handover brings will not be immediately appear Woodstock was a Rock music event that was recognized As a cultural turning Point Long after it a British tourist tries on a shirt at a night Market in Hong its affected the body politic in North America to a certain in Europe Ever Lam Bert it affected Litera poems theres a whole generation of people in the arts communities that came out of the Woodstock Milieu not necessarily having been at Woodstock per it affected the nature of the Amer ican military were still seeing it today in social and sexual like Hong Kongs Han Dover is forcing people to think and face up issues that they would normally just let once you Start this process it just wont go Lambert said the handover itself May come As an enormous disappointment As a news outside the official ceremony crass commercialism has already taken Over the everything from shirts to pet boxed chocolates to depart ment store is emblazoned with the Hong Kong 1997 nightclubs and hotels Are touting countdown parties and handover theres even a pub that offers British Beer at half Price when the Union Jack is at restaurants Are doing a roaring business catering to repatriation banquets organized by a multitude of patriotic red ribbons and lanterns with Golden hassles Are Hung celebrating the ;