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<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">January 23, 1998 No. 19</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy announces the appointment of <strong>Paul S.H.
Lau</strong> as Consul General to Guangzhou (People's Republic of China).</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+1">Biographical Note</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Paul S.H. Lau</strong> (BA, University of Western Ontario, 1971; MBA, Queen's University,
1973) joined the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1973. Early in his
career, Mr. Lau served with the Royal Commission on the Northern Pipeline and was
Chief Analyst with the Royal Commission on the Automotive Industry. He served in
Beijing as a Trade Commissioner from 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Lau was
the Chief Negotiator for Japanese automotive investment projects, and from 1984
to 1987, was Manager of the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact. In 1987, he was named
Director, Industrial Trade Policy, where he served concurrently with the
negotiation teams for the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Lau was
seconded to Industry Canada as the Senior Trade Commissioner at the International
Trade Centre in Vancouver. Most recently, he has served as Senior Trade
Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He is married to Shirley
Chang and they have two daughters. Mr. Lau is Canada's first Consul General in
Guangzhou.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Debora Brown</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
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