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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1986
+YOU KNOW WE HAD A TEAM OVER THERE JUST BEFORE I WAS THERE AND THAT ENABLED US TO IDENTIFY SOME MORE WORK TO BE DONE. BUT I WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT DIRECT TO HOME OFFICE MINISTERS AND TO FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTERS IN GREATER DEPTH THE FEELING IN HONG KONG ON THESE
ISSUES.+
SIR EDWARD SAID HE ALSO WENT TO SEE OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE TO GO OVER WITH THEM THE PROSPECTS OF THIS YEAR AND TO ERING HOME TO THEM HONG KONG'S CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONIST TENDENCIES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.
+I HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH DR WILSON WHO IS LEADING THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP TEAM IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON LINE ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THAT, + HE ADDED.
SIR EDWARD WAS GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY MR OSWALD CHEUNG, UNOFFICIAL EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR; AND MISS LYDIA DUNN, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
SIR DAVID TO PROMOTE HK IN NORTH AMERICA
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (MONDAY) ON A SEVEN-DAY VISIT TO NORTH AMÉRICA.
THE PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG IN NORTH AMERICA AND TO DISCUSS WITH THE OFFICERS WORKING ON THE SCENE HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK.
HIS FIRST STOP IS MONTREAL WHERE HE WILL ADDRESS A LUNCH MEETING OF THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ON FEBRUARY 18 AND ATTEND THE TDC FASHION GALA AT THE EATON'S DEPARTMENT STORE, IN THE EVENING.
IN WASHINGTON D.C., SIR DAVID WILL ATTEND THE THIRD JOINT PLENARY SESSION OF THE HK-U.S. AND THE U.S.-HK ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES AND MEET WITH OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG- BASED AGENCIES WITH OFFICES IN NORTH AMERICA.
HE WILL ADDRESS THE PHILADELPHIA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 21.
SIR DAVID WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON FEBRUARY 24.
SEEING HIM OFF AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR OSWALD CHEUNG,
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