[asia-apec 1086] Re: More APEC FYI

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Subject: More APEC FYI
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:14:52 +1200
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 APEC-CHCH-N/L 
INTEREST IN APEC'S CHRISTCHURCH MEETINGS GROWING
   Christchurch, April 22, NZPA - Registrations for next week's Apec 
meetings in Christchurch are exceeding attendance expectations.
   Total registrations for the Small and Medium Enterprise Meeting 
and the Jade Business Forum now stand at 468. Of those, 168 will 
attend a ministerial meeting, including 19 ministers from around the 
Pacific.
   Ministers attending include Australia's employment minister Tony 
Abbott, the vice-chairman of China's economic and trade commission 
Zheng Silin, Japan's state secretary for international trade and 
industry Sanzo Hosaka, Russian finance minister Andrei 
Shapovalyants, and American deputy secretary of commerce, trade, and 
industry Robert Mallett.
   Trade and Enterprise Minister Max Bradford will open the meetings 
on Monday afternoon. Prime Minister Jenny Shipley will also speak.
   Meanwhile anti-Apec protesters are promising a full programme of 
their own, starting tomorrow night with a public meeting at Knox 
Hall. The opposition is planned by the Apec Monitoring Group, Gatt 
Watchdog, Corso, and the Campaign Against Foreign Control of 
Aotearoa.
   The group has brought Treaty of Waitangi activist Annette Sykes, 
Indian labour rights lawyer Radha D'Souza, and Auckland University 
law professor Jane Kelsey to speak during the week's activities.
   On Tuesday, Dunedin mayor Sukhi Turner will announce the Roger 
Award for ``worst transnational corporation operating in New 
Zealand''. An anti-Apec rally takes place in Cathedral Square next 
Friday.
   NZPA CHP gt


22/04/99 20-13NZ