WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1981
NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST
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COPIES OF A SUPPLEMENT TO TODAY'S DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN CONTAINING A LIST OF HONG KONG RECIPIENTS OF NEW YEAR HONOURS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE BRITISH FORCES, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM GIS PRESS BOXES THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
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PUBLICATION OF THE LIST IS PERMITTED IN HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) MORNING BUT NO NEWS AGENCY OR OVERSEAS RADIO MAY CARRY THE INFORMATION WITHOUT THE EMBARGO QUALIFICATION. NEWS MAY BE BROADCAST FROM 6 AM TOMORROW OVER LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS.
ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD ANY OF THE RECIPIENTS OF HONOURS BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEWS OR FOR INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THEIR CAREERS OR BE APPROACHED IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR AWARD BEFORE THESE HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.
VISIT OF THE LORD PRIVY SEAL
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THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, THE RT HON HUMPHREY ATKINS, MP WILL VISIT HONG KONG NEXT MONTH DURING A FAR EASTERN TOUR WHICH INCLUDES CHINA, SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.
ON HIS WAY TO CHINA, MR ATKINS WILL STOP OVER IN HONG KONG FOR ONE NIGHT ON JANUARY 3.
MR ATKINS WILL BE IN HONG KONG AGAIN FROM JANUARY 8 TO 10, DURING WHICH HE WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. HE WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF THE UMELCO, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD AND BE BRIEFED ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS WITH VISITS TO TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN,
MR ATKINS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON HIS TRIP BY HIS WIFE, HIS PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR T.R. ARNOLD, MP- AN ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR A.E. DONALD, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAR EASTERN, SOUTH-EAST ASIAN, HONG KONG AND GENERAL (HONG KONG) AND SOUTH PACÍFIC DEPARTMENTS, THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE NEWS DEPARTMENT, FCO, MR ROGER WESTBROOK, AND HIS ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR M.A. ARTHUR.
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