FRIDAY, DECEMBER : 1985
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ANOTHER BUSY DAY FOR JI PENGFEI
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A LEISURELY CRUISE ROUND THE HARBOUR THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING MARKED THE START OF THE FOURTH DAY'S PROGRAMME FOR VISITING CHINA'S STATE COUNCILLOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, MR JI PENGFE1.
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MET AT QUEEN'S PIER BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE LADY YOUDE, MR JI BOARDED THE LADY MAURINE FOR THE 90-MINUTE TOUR TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.
ON BOARD TO EXPLAIN SOME OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMIC PROGRESS THAT HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF THE SHORELINES REPEATEDLY WERE THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH WONG,
THE PARTY DISEMBARKED AT THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER IN WARM WEATHER FOR THE SECOND ENGAGEMENT FOR THE BUSY DAY A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY SIR EDWARD AT THE REGENT HOTEL.
JOINING THE GOVERNOR AND MR JI AT THEIR TABLE FOR THE CHINESE LUNCH WERE MR LI HOU, MR RONG KANG, MR ZONG GUANGYAO, MR LI CHUWEN, MR LI RUOHE AND MR WU HONGBO FROM THE CHINESE SIDE AND FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL T.A. BOAM, ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS AND CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG.
LADY YOUDE PLAYED HOSTESS AT THE NEXT TABLE TO MR LU YUCUN, MR ZHOU QUANCHENG, MR JI SHAOXIANG, MISS TAN FUYUN WHO WERE JOINED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR ERIC HO, SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES), MR PETER WILLIAMS, POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD AND MR NICKY CHAN AND MRS WONG.
FOLLOWING A REST IN THE AFTERNOON, MR JI THEN WENT IN THE EVENING TO THE ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN WAN CHAI TO SEE THE SOPHISTICATED FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG FOR BUDDING ARTISTES.
ACCOMPANIED BY SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE FOR THIS, THE FINAL PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY, MR JI ALSO SAW A SHORT PERFORMANCE BY DANCE STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY.