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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
will visit Fiji, Tonga, Hong Kong and Nepal
from 6 to 23 November. Mr. Royle will be in
Fiji from 6 to 8 November, Tonga from 8 to
10 November, Hong Kong from 11 to 15 November,
and Nepal from 17 to 21 November. Mr. Royle
will be accompanied by Mrs. Royle and a
Private Secretary. During his visit to
Hong Kong and Nepal he will also be
accompanied by Mr. Michael Wilford, an
Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Mr. Royle is the first British minister
to visit Fiji since independence and the
first British minister to visit Tonga.
Mr. Royle stayed briefly in Hong Kong in
June this year in order to report to the
Governor on his visit to Peking. In his
capacity as Minister in the F.C.O. respons-
ible for Hong Kong he will have discussions
on this occasion with the Governor,,the
Executive and Legislative Councils, and will
see aspects of Hong Kong's development.
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