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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1975
BRITISH TRADE SECRETARY ARRIVES TOMORROW
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MR. PETER SHORE, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE START OF A FIVE-DAY VISIT. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
THEY WILL BE MET AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE.
DURING HIS STAY HERE, MR. SHORE WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO DISCUSS CURRENT
· ISSUES IN COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH EXPORTS.
HE WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG AND HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN,
MR. SHORE WILL ALSO MAKE A NUMBER OF SHOP FLOOR VISITS TO LOCAL FACTORIES AND TOUR THE POWER STATION ON TSING YI ISLAND.
HE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 11 FOR SEOUL FROM WHERE HE WILL GO ON TO TOKYO.
MR. SHORE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE FOLLOWING THE RETURN TO POWER OF THE LABOUR PARTY AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1974.
HE WAS LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR STEPNEY, AN EAST LONDON CONSTITUENCY FROM 1964-74, AND FOLLOWING CONSTITUENCY CHANGES, NOW REPRESENTS TOWER HAMELTS, STEPNEY AND POPLAR.
MR. SHORE SERVED IN THE LAST LABOUR GOVERNMENT (1964-70), AND IN OPPOSITION (AFTER HIS ELECTION TO THE SHADOW CABINET IN 1971) WAS RESPONSIBLE, TOGETHER WITH MR. MICHAEL FOOT, FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY HANDLING OF ALL MATTERS INVOLVING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
HE WAS EDUCATED AT QUARRY BANK SCHOOL IN LIVERPOOL AND AT KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND IS A POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
MARRIED IN 1948, MR. SHORE HAS TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. HIS WIFE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR. SHORE AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ABOUT 6.20 P.M. TOMORROW ON FLIGHT BA950.
THERE WILL BE NO PRESS INTERVIEWS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR MR. SHORE TO MEET MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE HE LEAVES. DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED
LATER.
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