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INFO PRIORITY SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AUCKLAND, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 9-18 MAY
1. NEWS OF MY FORTHCOMING VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAS BECOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN HONG KONG. WE WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE ON OR AROUND 20 APRIL. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE FOLLOWING DRAFT, AND FOR CONFIRAMTION THAT THE HOST GOVERNMENTS ARE CONTENT WITH US PROCEEDING IN THIS WAY.
BEGINS.
GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FROM 9 TO 18 MAY AS A GUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THESE TWO COUNTRIES. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, HIS DEPUTY PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BEGIN HIS TRIP BY VISITING MELBOURNE, WHERE HE WILL CALL ON THE PREMIER OF VICTORIA STATE AND MEET PROMINENT AUSTRALIA BUSINESSMEN. HE WILL GIVE A SPEECH AT A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND ATTEND A DINNER HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA.
HIS NEXT STOP WILL BE CANBERRA, WHERE HE WILL CALL ON GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND MEET MEMBERS OF THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE COMMITTEE. THE GOVERNOR WILL ATTEND A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER, SENATOR EVANS AND A DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
SIR DAVID WILL THEN TRAVEL TO SYDNEY, WHERE HE WILL CALL ON THE PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND ATTEND A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. HE WILL ALSO GIVE A SPEECH TO THE SYDNEY
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