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BY PAUL MAJENDIE
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HONG KONG MARCH 20, REUTER - HONG KONG GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY NACLEHOSE HAS HAD HIS TERM OF OFFICE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL: 1980, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE SIR MURRAY LEAVES ON A HISTORIC VISIT TO CHINA--THE FIRST OFFICIAL INVITATION EVER EXTENDED BY COMMUNIST CHINA TO A GOVERNOR OF THIS BRITISH COLONY. SIR MURRAY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR HONG KONG GOVERNORS OF RECENT YEARS: WAS DUE TO LEAVE IN AUGUST AFTER SERVING ALMOST EIGHT YEARS IN THE POST.
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HISEXTENDED STAY IS CERTAIN TO BE WARMLY APPLAUDED IN HONG KONG, WHERE HE HAS PRESIDED OVER A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF THE COLONY'S SOCIAL SERVICES.
SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS HAVE STEADILY IMPROVED THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE OF OFFICE WITH HONG KONG PLAYING A ROLE IN FORGING THAT SOLID TMRELATIONSHIP.
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