WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
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ACTING GOVERNOR TO GIVE SIR DAVID GENERAL BRIEFING
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT WHILE IN LONDON NEXT MONTH HE WOULD BRING THE NEW GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND ON MAJOR EVENTS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE TANG SHIU KIN SCOUT AND GUIDE CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN ACTING GOVERNOR FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS.
+SO IT'LL BE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SIR DAVID UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN HONG KONG, HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN LEGCO AND SO ON, AND WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IN THE YEAR AHEAD AND TO GIVE HIM JUST A GENERAL BACKGROUND BRIEFING.+
SIR DAVID SAID THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC PROBLEM HE WOULD RAISE WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR.
+ BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE LOTS OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION WHICH ARE GOING THROUGH LEGCO AT THE MOMENT AND ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH LEGCO AND THERE IS THE GREEN PAPER, THE TIMING OF THE ISSUE OF THE GREEN PAPER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS GENERALLY,+
SIR DAVID ADDED THAT HE WOULD ALSO BRIEF THE NEW GOVERNOR ON HOW LEGCO MEMBERS FELT ABOUT THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM.
ASKED WHETHER AN ASSESSMENT OFFICE WOULD BE SET UP TO GAUGE PUBLIC OPINION ON THE GREEN PAPER, SIR DAVID SAID NO DECISION HAD YET BEEN MADE ON HOW TO COLLATE OPINIONS ON THE GREEN PAPER, + BUT WE'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FAIRLY SOON.+
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A DEPUTY GOVERNOR POST SIR DAVID SAID: + LEAVE THAT TO SIR DAVID WILSON TO DECIDE ON THE ARRANGEMENTS HE WANTS FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN HE GETS HERE.+
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