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#                   A WARM MEDITERRANEAN HUG --- MALTA 1993                   #
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Venue:          University of Malta, Msida, Malta G.C.
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Organizers:     Juanito Camilleri, and other members of the Department
----------      of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Malta.


Flights:        There are several flights from London, Rome, Frankfurt,
-------         Paris, Copenhagen and other European airports every day.
                A return flight London/Malta/London costs between 90 and
                180 pounds sterling. London/Malta is a 3 hour flight,
                Paris/Malta is a two and a half hour flight, Rome/Malta
                is a 1 hour flight. For those who wish to inter-rail down,
                there are daily hover-craft trips from Siracuse to Malta.
                This trip takes 1 hour and costs about 30 pounds sterling
                (return).


Accommodation:  Malta can offer a wide range of facilities to suit your
-------------   tastes and pocket. Weather you want accommodation by the
                sea or in town, we can arrange it. For $50 a night one
                can get a very nice room (bed & breakfast) in a four star
                hotel. Of course we can arrange for good accommodation for
                less than that!!


Studentships:   We have made preliminary enquires with AirMalta about
------------    student travel discounts. If this proposal is accepted
                we will strive to negotiate substantial discounts on
                flights for students. We will also seek sponsorship from
                various local companies and the Maltese Ministry of
                Education to assist students with their travel.


Special Events: We can offer the usual attractions of the sun and the sea.
--------------  A night boat trip around the Maltese Islands, with a
                Bar-B-Que on-board or on the beach. Water sports ranging
                from scuba-diving to windsurfing can also be on the agenda.
                Of course the are no end of museums and places of interest
                that can be visited if one chooses to take a relaxed approach.
                For those who like the shade we can always find them a good
                bottle of wine to keep them company.


About Malta:
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Anyone who bothers to look for Malta on a map will find a spec in the centre
of the mediterranean --- an  island  inhabited  as  far back as 4000 B.C., a
cross road between civilizations, a witness to survival against odds.


Because  of  its  excellent  strategic position, the island has a history of
occupation  ranging  from  the  Phoenicians,  Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans,
Arabs,  Normans,  the  Knights  of  St.John,  the French under Napoleon, and
the  British  who  granted Malta independence in 1964 after nearly 200 years
of  government.  Maltese landscape and towns reflect the  island's  history.
Valletta,  our  capital  city,  is  a living monument to Grand Master De la
Vallette,  the  master  of  the Order of the Knights of St.John who defended
the  island against Ottoman invasion in 1565.  Mdina our old  "silent"  city
is a museum in its own right, with excellent examples of Norman architecture.
Moreover,  the  island has several neolithic temples dating  as  far back as
4000 B.C. --- Mnidra,  Ggantia,  Hagar Qim and the Hypogeum to mention but a
few.


From the turbulent and exciting past, Malta is looking into the  future. The
island  attracts  thousands  of  tourists each year. Apart from the tourist
industry,  Malta  is  updating  and  expanding  its  infrastructure  and tele-
communications to support offshore banking, oil exploration and ship building.
Malta is an associate member of the EEC and expects full membership within 5
years. The University of Malta aims to foster links and collaborative projects
with other European, Mediterranean and North American institutions. In this
spirit we hope to be your host for HUG 1993. If you choose our hospitality, we
will send a mail shot with a questionnaire designed to help us get a clear
impression  of  what people expect from the  meeting.  Be  it  a  full  blown
conference with refereed papers and proceedings, or be it an informal meeting
and platform for discussion, we feel we can accommodate your requests.


If we follow tradition and organise HUG93 in late August or September, you can
expect warm weather, good food and a touch of "la dolce vita". The choice is
yours --- how about a warm mediterranean HUG?!!


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                              Juanito Camilleri

              Lecturer                |     Visiting Researcher
              University of Malta     |     University of Cambridge


(e-mail : jac1@cl.cam.ac.uk)
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