SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1992
SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES FOR VISIT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD, ARRIVED TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR A THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, MR HURD SAID HE WOULD MEET EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TO TALK TO THE GOVERNOR AND HIS ADVISERS.
HE SAID THE VISIT WAS NOT TO ANNOUNCE ANY GREAT DECISIONS, BUT TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE AS HE HAD DONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
"IT WILL TAKE A BIT OF TIME YET BEFORE DECISIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS ARE ANNOUNCED. SO THIS IS TAKING STOCK AND BRINGING MYSELF UP TO DATE, MR HURD SAID.
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IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE AIRPORT TALKS, MR HURÐ SAID: "THE MATTER WILL BE SOLVED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIER LI PENG REACHED LAST YEAR.
"THERE WILL BE AGREEMENT, 1 DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE BECAUSE IT TAKES TWO SIDES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. BUT WE HAVE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE AIRPORT AGREEMENT. THAT'S A GOOD FRAMEWORK AND I'M SURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED IN THAT FRAMEWORK, HE ADDED.
STAMP ALBUM ON OLYMPIC GAMES
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M.
PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED
TODAY SPECIAL
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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL., MR (SUNDAY) THAT A PRESTIGE COMMEMORATIVE ALBUM CONTAINING STAMPS AND SOUVENIR SHEETS 188UED ON THR 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS WILL BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 4,
GREECE,
IT CONTAINS SPECIAL STAMPS ISSUED BY AUSTRALIA, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MACAU, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AND THE USA.
ALSO INCLUDED IN BACH ALBUM ARE SOUVENIR SHEETS ISSUED BY CHINA, HONG KONG, THE IRISH REPUBLIC, MACAU, THE NETHERLANDS AND NORWAY.
THE HONG KONG SOUVENIR SHEET WAS ISSUED ON JULY 25 BEARING THE WORDS "TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE 1992 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES 25 JULY 1992".
MR PAGLIARI SAID PREPARATION OF THE ALBUM HAD BEEN POSSIBLE A RESULT OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE AND THE OTHER POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
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