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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1990
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FOREIGN SECRETARY TO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN
AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS,
MR DOUGLAS HURD, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY ( JANUARY FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT.
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THIS WILL BE MR HURD'S FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG SINCE HE TOOK OVER AS FOREIGN SECRETARY IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
THE PROGRAMME OF HIS VISIT WILL INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, OMELCO MEMBERS AND A CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE WILL ATTEND AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AND SIT IN ON A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING IN ADDITION TO HAVING LUNCH WITH MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG AND BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE WHERE HE WILL DELIVER A KEYNOTE SPEECH.
HELICOPTER
TOUR ΤΟ
MR HURD WILL TAKE AN EXTENSIVE
SEE HONG KONG'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND VISIT SHA TIN AND A FACTORY IN THE TAIPO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE PROGRAMME WILL ALSO INCLUDE VISITS TO A VIETNAMESE CAMP AND A VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DETENTION CENTRE.
REFUGER
MR HURD WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 16) AFTERNOON BEFORE RETURNING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE EVENING.
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DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR PRAISES CSD'S WORK
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK IN LOOKING AFTER INMATES AND VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHEN HE VISITED FOUR INSTITUTIONS ON HEI LING CHAU THIS {THURSDAY} AFTERNOON.
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SIR DAVID SAID,
REHABILITATION OF INMATES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN VARIOUS DETENTION CENTRES ARE ARDUOUS AND DIFFICULT TASKS.
"THE STAFF ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB DESPITE CONSTRAINTS AND DIFFICULTIES, AND I AM SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ΤΟ RELY ON THEIR DEVOTION TO SERVICE."
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SIR DAVID FIRST TOURED THE HE LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1975.
/MR CHAN