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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1984
GOVERNOR RUSHES TO LEGCO ON RETURN FROM PEKING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS AFTERNOON CHAIRED THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETURNING FROM PEKING.
+SINCE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS MEETING AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE SPEECHES, I'D BETTER GO OFF AND RELIEVE SIR PHILIP, WHO IS STANDING IN FÖR ME, HE TOLD REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT.
SIR EDWARD SAID HE AND THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL BE LEAVING FOR LONDON ON TUESDAY (APRIL 3) FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH MINISTERS.
+THAT WILL, OF COURSE, BE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE VISIT WHICH SIR GEOFFREY HOWE IS GOING TO MAKE TO PEKING AND THEN TO HONG KONG.
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+WE WILL BE BACK AT THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE SEVENTH A FEW DAYS AFTER, I SHALL BE GOING BACK TO PEKING FOR THE 12TH ROUND WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IS ON THE 11TH AND THE 12TH.
+AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO SIR GEOFFREY'S VISIT AND TO WELCOMING HIM HERE.
+SO, ALL IN ALL, WE LOOK LIKE HAVING A FAIRLY BUSY APRIL,+ HE SAID.
ASKED BY A REPORTER WHAT WAS THE +METAL GADGET+ HE WAS CARRYING LAST NIGHT, SIR EDWARD REACHED INTO HIS POCKET AND PRODUCED A PAIR OF SPECTACLES.
IN REPLY TO A FURTHER QUESTION ON WHETHER THE +METAL GADGET WAS RELATED TO HIS HEALTH+, HE SAID, MY HEALTH IS FINE.+
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ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR ON THE RETURN TRIP WERE THE POLITICAL ADVISOR, MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AND THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG,
THE PARTY WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR JI SHAOXIANG.
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