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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1984
UMELCO VISIT INSTRUCTIVE, GOVERNOR SAYS
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IT WAS VERY INSTRUCTIVE FOR THE VERY WIDE RANGE OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO HEAR WHAT THE UMELCO DELEGATION TO LONDON HAD TO SAY, AND ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF UMELCO TO HEAR THE RESPONSES WHICH MINISTERS AND MP'S MADE TO THE POINTS WHICH THEY RAISED, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON, SIR EDWARD SAID HE HAD FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY THE VISIT OF THE UMELCO MEMBERS AND THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
+WHILE I WAS THERE I ALSO HAD A GOOD TALK WITH SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND MR LUCE, AND WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE ON THE MAIN ITEMS WHICH ARE STILL TO BE RESOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS,+ HE SAID.
+YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THAT SIR GEOFFREY SPOKE IN HIS SPEECH IN THE HOUSE ABOUT THIS COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING STAGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH LIES AHEAD, AND OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED TO BRING THE NEGOTIATIONS TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
+NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THE NEXT ROUND AND SHALL BE LEAVING YOU AGAIN ON TUESDAY TO GO TO PEKING TO TAKE PART IN THAT, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS ALSO QUITE A LOT TO BE DONE IN HONG KONG, AND THAT +WE SHALL BE BUSY ON THAT+.
+THERE IS THE PREPARATION OF THE GREEN PAPER ON THE REPRESENTATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT.
+AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FULL MOMENTUM AND EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER THAT HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE ITS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER FIELDS.
+SO NOW I'D BETTER GO OFF AND SPEND THE REST OF THE WEEKEND CATCHING UP ON ALL THE PAPERS, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
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