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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HONG KONG DEPT
APPOINTMENT OF A NEW GOVERNOR
1. NEWS DEPT RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS FROM HONG KONG
JOURNALISTS TODAY. THEY QUOTED YOU AS HAVING SAID THAT AN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW GOVERNOR WOULD BE
MADE AFTER CHRISTMAS BUT BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. NEWS DEPT
WERE ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION.
2. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE THAT NO DECISION
ON THE NEW GOVERNOR IS LIKELY TO BE TAKEN BEFORE EARLY
IN THE NEW YEAR. IN RESPONSE TO JOURNALISTS' QUESTIONS,
NEWS DEPT HAVE TAKEN THE LINE THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THEY ARE READY TO DO SO: BUT THEY CAN GIVE NO FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THE TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
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