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MY TELNO 606: HONG KONG: ARRIVAL OF NEW GOVERNOR: CHINESE PRESS
1. THE ONLY ADDITIONAL CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF SHIR D WHLSON'S
ARRIVAL INN HONG KONG WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE HAS BEEN:
(A) A SHORT PIECE IN THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ZONE DAMLY ON 10 ARPIL
WRINTTEN BY THEIR CORRESPONDENT IN HONG KONG. THE CORRESPNDENT
COVERED THE ARRIVAL AND SWEARING IN CEREMONIES TOGETHER WITH SOME
EXTRACTS FROM THE GOVERNORR'S REMARKS ON THE OCCASION.
(B) AN EVEN SHORTER PIECE MWN THE NANFANG DAILY ON 10 APRIL WHICH
INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GOVERNOR AND HIS FAMILY AT HOME WIN
LONDON TOGETHER WITH A SHORT NOTE THAT HE HAD ARRIVED IN HONG KONG
THE PREVIOUS DAY TO TAKE UP HIS POSITION AS THE 27TH GOVERNOR OF
HONG KONG. IT ALSO HAS REPORT OF AN INTERVIEW GIVEN TO NCNA ON 8
APRIL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY CONCERNING THE MAMIN TASKS FACHING THE
NEW GOVERNOR (WHICH HAS NOT YET APPEARED MAN THE DAMLY ENGLISH
LANGUAGE NCNA NEWS BULLETION).
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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