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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: ANNOUNCEMENT
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WE ARE SEEKING MINISTERIAL APPROVAL FOR THE VISIT
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY 4 MAY AT 11.30 GMT AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, QC, MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WILL VISIT TO HONG KONG FROM 29 TO 31 MAY UNQUOTE.
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FOR SECURITY REASONS WE WILL NOT BE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES PART OF THE TRIP NEARER THE TIME.
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