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ECTION 3(4) OF THE RECORDS ACT 195%
Governor opens the MacLehose Dental Centre
Visit by Dr Henry Kissinger
Visit by the Rt Hon Lord Shawcross, GBE, QC
6,000 sq m. site on Wanchai waterfront leased to China Resources Company for a premium of HK$300 million (£29.4 m)
White Paper on 'Internal Transport' published
Announcement of fuel-saving measures designed to reduce electricity consumption by 5%
4,636 refugees from Vietnam arrive on 39 small boats (highest 48-hour arrival total for the year)
Education (Amendment) Ordinance 1979
(to raise the compulsory education age)
Governor leaves for consultations in London and talks in Washington and Geneva on refugees from Vietnam
Sung Dynasty Village in Laichikok Amusement Park opened by Secretary for the New Territories
Governor opens first annual International Asian Antiques Fair
HK contributes HK$100,000 (£10,000) to UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control (5th consecutive annual contribution)
Panamanian-registered freighter 'Sen On' with 1,433 refugees from Vietnam beached on Lantau Island
Arrival of UK-registered freighter 'Sibonga' with 1,003 refugees from Vietnam (rescued at sea off Vietnam)
JUNE
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Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1979 (further measures to control immigrant and refugees arrivals by sea)