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GRS 400
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2053
OF 0304O5Z OCTOBER 85
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FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
(82)
MIPT : OPENING OF NEW LEGCO BUILDING ETC.
HKK ON IT
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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- 2 OCT 1935
DESK, WTAPA
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''A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ANNOUNCED THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING AND THE
OPENING OF THE 1985/86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WITH EFFECT FROM 30 OCTOBER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER WILL
BE HOUSED IN THE FORMER SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN CHATER ROAD WHICH
WILL BE KNOWN AS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING. THE OPENING FOR
THE BUILDING IN ITS NEW ROLE BY THE GOVERNOR WILL TAKE PLACE ON
THE PIAZZA TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING AT 4.15 P.M. THAT DAY IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR R.T. RENTON, MP: THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS: AND MEMBERS AND IMMEDIATE PAST MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. THE GOVERNOR WILL UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL UNVEIL A PLAQUE GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUILDING. THERE WILL BE FACILITIES FOR THE PRESS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS THE PROCEEDINGS.
FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE OPENING OF THE 1985/86 SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE, INVITED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA. THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CHAMBER WILL COMMENCE AT 4.40 P.M. WITH THE SWEARING-IN OF NEW MEMBERS AND VALEDICTORIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE 1984/85 SESSION. THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN DELIVER HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL. THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION AND RADIO AND THERE WILL ALSO BE FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS THE PROCEEDINGS FROM TELEVISION MONITORS WHICH WILL BE PLACED IN A COMMITTEE ROOM OF THE CHAMBER. THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE
CHAMBER WILL COMPLETE BY 6.30 P.M. AND THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN ENTERTAIN THE MINISTER OF STATE, MEMBERS OF THE TWO COUNCILS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT A RECEPTION TO BE
HELD IN THE BUILDING.
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THE SPOKESMAN