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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1989
GOVERNOR TO VISIT USA NEXT MONTH
TUESDAY).
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT
YEAR, A GOVERNMENT FROM OCTOBER 14 TO 21 THIS TODAY
THE UNITED STATES SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED
AND
WEST COASTS, SIR DURING THE EIGHT-DAY TOUR OF BOTH EAST
HE WHERE
WILL MEET CONGRESSIONAL DAVID WILL VISIT WASHINGTON, D.C. LEADERS AND CABINET MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION.
AFTER WASHINGTON, SIR DAVID WILL GO ON
TO VISIT LOS ANGELES
AND SAN FRANCISCO.
OF
ON
TERRITORY'S
HE WILL UNDERTAKE A NUMBER WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND WILL BRIEF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND THE FAR-REACHING LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
DETAILS OF HIS PROGRAMME ARE
BEING
FINALISED,
THE
SPOKESMAN
SAID.
THIS WILL BE SIR DAVID'S SECOND
SINCE TAKING UP OFFICE. HE LAST TOURED THE UNITED 1987.
VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES STATES IN OCTOBER
GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES HK CLIMBERS ON EVEREST ASSAULT
HONG
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY 1 CONGRATULATED
AND KONG MEMBERS OF THE JOINT HONG KONG
CHINA MOUNTAINEERING
THE ON THEIR SUCCESS IN CONQUERING MOUNT CHANGTSE, EXPEDITION PEAK OF MOUNT EVEREST, IN JULY.
NORTH
SIR
THE
AND DAVID, WHO IS THE PATRON OF THE HONG KONG TEAM, WILSON HOSTED A RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE TEAM INCLUDING THREE WHO REACHED
CHANGTSE SUMMIT. AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MOUNTAINEERING UNION.
LADY
MR TSANG LOK. A TEAM LEADER, MR NG KA-WAI AND MR CHAM YICK-KAI WERE THE THREE HONG KONG TEAM MEMBERS WHO, TOGETHER WITH THREE CHINESE CLIMBERS HAD REACHED THE 7.543-METRE SUMMIT, THUS SETTING AN RECORD FOR HONG KONG'S MOUNTAINEERS.
ALTITUDE
THE 19-MEMBER EXPEDITION COMPRISED NINE HONG KONG CLIMBERS 10 MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION.
AND
JULY
THE
INFORMING
THE EXPEDITION SET OUT TO CONQUER MOUNT CHANGTSE IN EARLY AND THE SIX CLIMBERS TOPPED THE SUMMIT ON THE 24TH OF THE MONTH. HONG KONG TEAM IMMEDIATELY SENT A TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNOR HIM OF THEIR SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING.
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