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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1986

+AS I SAID, IT IS TOO EARLY TO COME TO A CONCLUSION ON THIS, HE ADDED.

REFERRING TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG TO PARLIAMENT, HE SAID THE REPORT WOULD COVER THE CALENDAR YEAR THIS TIME AND WOULD APPEAR IN EARLY 1987.

+OF COURSE WE WOULD PUT INTO IT ALL THOSE ELEMENTS OF MOST INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNŇ.

HK TEAM FOR GUANGDONG BORDER LIAISON MEETING

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED THAT, AT THE INVITATION OF THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES, THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD, AND A DELEGATION OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, WILL VISIT GUANGDONG FROM DECEMBER 3 TO 6.

THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF BORDER LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS. ANNUAL REVIEWS HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE THE SYSTEM OF BORDER LIAISON WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1981. THE LAST MEETING TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER 1985.

THE BORDER LIAISON SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND CONTACT AT THE BORDER BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR GUANGDONG COUNTERPARTS.

IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING THE REVIEW MEETING, THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL VISIT PLACES OF INTEREST IN GUANGDONG.

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