SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1985
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ASKED TO CONFIRM A REPORT THAT MR JI PENGFEI WOULD BE COMING TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD OF THIS REPORT BUT HE COULD NOT CONFIRM IT AT THE PRESENT TIME.
+I CAN'T CONFIRM ANYTHING AT THE PRESENT TIME. I'M AFRAID. BUT I EXPECT AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE LATER, HE SAID.
SECOND JLG MEETING 'SATISFACTORY' *****
THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP
IN PEKING HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY, A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE LG, MR ERIC HO, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM PEKING R HO SAID THE FIRST TASK FOR HIM AND HIS COLLEAGUES NOW WAS TO MAKE AN EARLY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
MR HO SAID THE WEATHER IN PEKING AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WAS EXTREMELY GOOD WITH BLUE AND SUNNY SKIES ALL THE TIME.+
+AND I THINK THIS COULD BE SAID TO BE A GOOD OMEN FOR OUR BEETING, AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE MEETING THROUGHOUT WAS MOST FRIENDLY AND CO-OPERATIVE,+ HE ADDED.
RETURNING WITH MR HO WERE THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD ; THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER LAW OFFICER (SPECIAL CUTIES), MR FRED BURROWS; PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL CUTIES) MR RICHARD HOARE; CHIEF INTERPRETER MR Y. P. CHENG; AND SENIOR PERSONAL SECRETARY, MISS M. MCINTOSH.
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THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMNWEALTH OFFICE, MR ANTHONY GALSWORTHY, ALSO RETURNED WITH THE GROUP ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE UK.
JI PENGFE! TO VISIT HK
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AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, MR JI PENGFEI, STATE COUNCILLOR, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE ON THE BASIC LAW OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WILL VISIT HONG KONG IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
MR JI WILL BE ACCOMPANIED, AMONG OTHERS, BY HIS WIFE, MADAM XU HANBING, AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL AND SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, MR LI HOU.
THEREAFTER, MR JI AND HIS PARTY WILL CONTINUE THEIR VISIT TO HONG KONG FOR SOME DAYS AT THE INVITATION OF THE FIVE HONG KONG VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, MR T.K. ANN, SIR YUE-KONG PAO, MR XU JIATUN, MR FEI YIMING AND MR DAVID LI.
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