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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1975
FOUR EDITORS ON 'LOOK AND LEARN' TOUR
IN U.K. ******
EDITORS OF FOUR LOCAL CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS ARE AT PRESENT VISITING THE UNITED KINGDOM ON A THREE-WEEK FAMILIARIZATION TOUR ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION.
THE EDITORS ARE: MR. SHUM CHOI-SANG OF WAH KIU YAT PO, MR. TONG BIG-CHUEN OF SING TAO MAN PAO, MR. CHEUNG CHOK-LEUNG OF MING PAO AND MR. YU KEE-PING OF SING PÃO.
ON ARRIVAL IN LONDON ON SEPTEMBER 14, THE GUESTS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY STARTED A FULL PROGRAMME TO LOOK AND LEARN' ABOUT THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE GROUP HAS TRAVELLED AROUND THE COUNTRY VISITING FACTORIES OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, HOSPITALS AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN GIVEN TOURS TO THE NEW SCOTLAND YARD, THE BRITISH TOURIST AUTHORITY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY.
THE FOUR HAVE VISITED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON AND THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WHERE THEY ATTENDED THE NEWS BRIEFING ORGANISED EVERYDAY FOR JOURNALISTS AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS STATIONED IN LONDON.
THEY HAVE ALSO GAINED AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORKING OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION WHERE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO MEET BRITISH MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, APART FROM SIGHTSEEING TOURS, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THEM TO SEE A FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL MATCH AND A PERFORMANCE OF HENRY IV AT THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE.
DURING THEIR VISIT, THE EDITORS HAVE HELD TALKS WITH STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG AND MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE COMMERCE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR WAY OF LIFE IN BRITAIN.
THE EDITORS ARE DUE TO RETURN TO HONG KONG LATER THIS WEEK.
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