WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991
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PM ARRIVES FOR TWO-DAY VISIT
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PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG FROM (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT.
HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY MRS MAJOR AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD.
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SOON AFTER ARRIVAL, THE PRIME MINISTER, TOGETHER WITH MAJOR, BEGAN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE WITH A HELICOPTER TOUR TERRITORY TO SEE THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE SITE FUTURE AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
DURING
THE TOUR, THE PRIME MINISTER AND MRS MAJOR ISLAND IN SAI KUNG TO VISIT THE DETENTION CENTRE FOR
HIGH MIGRANTS.
THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE CAMP
COMMANDANT, MR ROY
STOPPED
VIETNAMESE
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NICHOLLS,
ON THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE WHICH PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 6,600 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS.
THE CENTRE WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 1989 TO HELP COPE WITH THE INFLUX OF OVER 34,000 NEW ARRIVALS THAT YEAR. OF THE POPULATION, NEARLY ONE THIRD ARE CHILDREN UNDER 16. IT IS BASICALLY RUN AS A FOR NORTHERN VIETNAMESE.
CAMP
THE PRIME MINISTER VISITED A WORKSHOP, A DORMITORY AND A SCHOOL IN THE CENTRE AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS THROUGH AN INTERPRETER.
LATER IN THE EVENING, THE PRIME MINISTER AND LADY WILSON ATTENDED A DINNER HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THAN 40 BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADERS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
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PM TALKS TO NEWSMEN AT AIRPORT
FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF REMARKS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, TO REPORTERS UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON:
WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE, MR MAJOR, DO YOU BRING TO HONG KONG FROM PEKING?
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