SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1984
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VISIT TO HK VERY IMPORTANT LUCE
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR RICHARD LUCE, SAID TODAY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER,
MRS MARGARET THATCHER, THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND HE HIMSELF VALUE PERSONAL CONTACT AND THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE CONSULTATION WITH THE LEADERS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS ARRIVAL, MR LUCE SAID HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HIS TRIP TO THE FAR EAST.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AS MINISTER OF STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG, HE LIKES TO PAY REGULAR VISITS TO THE TERRITORY.
+I'VE JUST COME THIS MORNING FROM BRUNEI, WHERE I'VE BEEN ACCOMPANYING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WHO JOINED THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL DAY IN BRUNEI,+ HE SAID.
MR LUCE SAID HE HAS COME TO HONG KONG AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN ITS HISTORY.
*I AM VERY GLAD INDEED TO JOIN THE GOVERNOR, AND INDEED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, ONCE AGAIN.
+AND I AM VERY GLAD THAT LIKE LAST TIME, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN PEKING IS COMING DOWN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
+I SHALL LOOK FOWARD TO HAVING CONTACT WITH A CROSS SECTION
OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
MR LUCE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
SIR RICHARD EVANS ARRIVES
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THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PEKING, SIR RICHARD EVANS, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH MR RICHARD LUCÉ, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, AND THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
SIR RICHARD WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR'S AIDE- DE-CAMP, MR PAUL CROFT.
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