WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1987
LORD GLENARTHUR TO SEE A LOT OF HONG KONG'
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THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, LORD GLENARTHUR, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE WOULD BE HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND WITH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DURING HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT HERE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID HE WOULD ALSO BE MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SEEING A LOT OF HONG KONG.
HE NOTED THAT HE WAS DELIGHTED TO BE IN HONG KONG, WHICH WAS PLACE HE ALWAYS LONGED TO VISIT.
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HE SAID: "THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT ABROAD IN MY CAPACITY AS MINISTER OF STATE IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE. I WAS PARTICULARLY KEEN THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE MY FIRST PORT OF CALL.
"IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF MY WORK AND 1 GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING A LOT WHILE I'M HERE, "HE ADDED.
SECRETARY, SIR S.Y. COUNCIL, MR REG
HE WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY SIR DAVID; THE CHIEF MR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, CHUNG; THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE MR PETER C. WONG; AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, HOLLOWAY.
DURING HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT, LORD GLENARTHUR WILL MEET MEMBERS OF OMELCO, THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AND PEOPLE FROM OTHER SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
TOMORROW, THE MINISTER WILL TAKE A HELICOPTER KONG. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO.
TOUR OVER HONG
BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT
HE WILL THEN ATTEND A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
AT THE
REGIONAL
IN THE AFTERNOON, LORD GLENARTHUR, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, WILL ATTEND A MEETING OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TEA RECEPTION BY THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AT CITY HALL.
/LORD GLENARTHUR,