THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1984
VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS, SAYS FOREIGN SECRETARY
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THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, TODAY HAD A VERY VALUABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
SPEAKING AFTER MEETING WITH EXCO SIR GEOFFREY SAID +ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING I HAVE HAD WITH EXCO HERE IN HONG KONG, IT IS IN FACT THE FIFTH MEETING I HAVE HAD WITH THEM IN THE COURSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE.
+THIS MORNING WE HAVE HAD A VERY VALUABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION. IT FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF CONSULTATION IN WHICH I AM, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, ENGAGED.+
SHA TIN GROWTH SEEN AS 'TRIBUTE TO HK ENTERPRISE'
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THE TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN IS A REAL TRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS AND ENTERPRISE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
+THIS WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, HE TOLD REPORTERS AFTER A TOUR OF WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN.
+THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE SO CONCERNED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THE PROSPECT OF CONTINUED STABILITY AND PROSPERITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
SIR GEOFFREY SAID HIS FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG WITH LADY HOWE WAS IN 1973 AND THAT SHA TIN HAD NOT BEEN STARTED AT THAT TIME.
NOW IT IS A TOWN WHICH PROVIDES HOMES FOR 300 000 PEOPLE WITH A MARVELLOUS SELECTION OF SHOPS, SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES, HE SAID.
MY *WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING IT TODAY. WIFE TOO HAS BEEN VERY PLEASED TO HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING AROUND, HE SAID.
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