FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985
LORD YOUNE
LORD YOUNG ARRIVING TOMORROW
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MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AFTER LEADING A TRADE MISSION TO CHINA.
LORD YOUNG AND HIS PARTY ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT QUEEN'S PIER AT 5 PM BY HOVERFERRY.
THEY WILL BE MET BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
LORD YOUNG WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM AT 4 PM ON TUESDAY (MARCH 12) BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO COVER THE ARRIVAL OF LORD YOUNG AND HIS TRADE MISSION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT QUEEN'S PIER BY 4.45 PM AT THE LATEST.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
A CHAT WITH THE CHILDREN IN PUTONGHUA
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LADY YOUDE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, HAD A CHANCE TO PRACTISE HER PUTONGHUA WHEN SHE CHATTED WITH CHILDREN AT THE KIANGSU AND CHEKIANG PRIMARY SCHOOL DURING HER VISIT THERE THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
ON ARRIVAL, LADY YOUDE WAS GREETED BY THE HEADMISTRESS, MRS JEANNIE SUN CHOW, AND THE CHILDREN IN PUTONGHUA. THE SCHOOL USES PUTONGHUA AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ADOPT THE NEW ACTIVITY APPROACH EDUCATIONAL METHOD.
LADY YOUDE WENT TO THE KINDERGARTEN, WHERE SOME CHILDREN WENT UP TO HER WITH PRESENTS, AND THE BRAVER ONES, A FEW WORDS OF PUTONGHUA.
/THEN, TOURING