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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3655 OF 30 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: LADY HOWE'S PROGRAMME.
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER.
BEGINS.
DEAR LADY HOWE,
THE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THEIR COMMUNITY PLAYGROUPS
AND HEADQUARTERS DURING YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE OPENING IS TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP CONCEPT AND PLAY AS A MEANS OF LEARNING TO THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE WORLD OF HONG KONG. WE ALSO HOPE THAT REPRESENT- ATIVES FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS TRAINING KINDERGARTEN AND CHILD CARE WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND THAT VOLUNTARY AND SUBVENTED AGENCIES DEALING WITH THE PRE-SCHOOL CHILD AND HIS
FAMILY WILL BE THERE.
ALTHOUGH YOUR PRESENCE WOULD LEND GREAT SUPPORT TO P.P.A'S WORK IN HONG KONG, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS AS YET LARGELY UNRECOGNISED, WE DO APPRECIATE HOW SHORT YOUR VISIT IS AND THAT THIS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.
IF THIS IS SO WE DO HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG
AND CHINA AND THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY BACK TO THE UNITED
KINGDOM FOR CHRISTMAS. SHOULD YOU VISIT HONG KONG AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO SHOW YOU THE PLAYGROUP
AND SOME OF THE WORK P.P.A. IS DOING IN HONG KONG.
YOURS SINCERELY,
ENDS.
YOUDE
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PROTOCOL D HKD
SUSAN KERLEY (MRS)
(CHAIRMAN COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP)
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