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GOVERNOR LEAVING FOR BRIEF VISIT TO BRITAIN
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON MONDAY (JUNE 10) NIGHT FOR A BRIEF VISIT TO BRITAIN..
THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION IN LONDON, FOR WHICH, THE GOVERNOR HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER, AND TO HOLD INFORMAL TALKS WITH OFFICIALS AND MINISTERS AT THE FOREIGN, AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
DURING HIS ABSENCE, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR. DENYS ROBERTS, WILL ASSUME THE OFFICE OF ACTING GOVERNOR IN ADDITION TO BEING COLONIAL SECRETARY.
THIS IS TO AVOID, FOR SO SHORT A TIME, THE PREVIOUS PRACTICE OF MAKING A NUMBER OF ACTING APPOINTMENTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
IT FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE SET WHEN MR. ROBERTS WAS ON LEAVE. AT THAT TIME, MR. CLINTON ACTED AS COLONIAL SECRETARY AS WELL AS HOLDING HIS OWN POST OF DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY.
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