WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985

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HK BILL DEBATE FACILITY FOR PRESS

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A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO ENABLE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE ON THE THIRD READING AND COMMITTEE STAGE OF THE HONG KONG BILL IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS EARLY TOMORROW (THURSDAY) MORNING, HONG KONG TIME.

NO TIME HAS YET BEEN FIXED FOR THE START OF THE DEBATE, BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 3 AM HONG KONG TIME TOMORROW. HOWEVER, THIS MAY BE DELAYED IF THE PRECEDING DEBATE HAS NOT ENDED BY THEN.

RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT +FEED+ TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE GIS, FROM WHERE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE. THE +FEED+ WILL COVER THE DEBATE FROM BEGINNING TO END,

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA SHOULD NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THEY CAN RECORD THE DEBATE FROM THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, THE RECORDING CAN NOT BE BROADCAST BECAUSE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF RTHK.

IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT RECORDINGS AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM CAN ONLY BE DONE BY HAND-HELD RECORDERS AND THERE WILL BE NO PLUG-IN FACILITIES.

GOVERNOR TO OPEN SCHOOL IN MUT WO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OPEN THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK SOUTHERN DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MUI WO ON LANTAU ISLAND ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 8).

BEFORE THE SCHOOL OPENING, SIR EDWARD WILL FIRST TOUR CHUNG HAU TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS.

+HARD WORK IS THE KEY+

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**HARD WORK IS THE KEY,'' ADMITS HONG KONG'S TOP CHINESE POL ICEMAN, MR LI KWAN-HA, IN EXPLAINING HIS RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED PROMOTION TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

MR LI WILL SUCCEED MR RAYMON ANNING WHEN THE LATTER TAKES OVER AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ON THE RETIREMENT OF MR ROY HENRY, IN APRIL.

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