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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1975

TWO MP'S ARRIVE TOMORROW ON FAMILIARISATION TOUR

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR. CHARLES MORRISON AND MR. CHRISTOPHER TUGENDHAT, WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR A NILE-DAY VISIT. MR. TUGENDHAT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.

THE MP'S, WHO ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT 6.20 P.M. ON FLIGHT BA 900, WILL BE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE PROTOCOL OFFICER, MR. L.E. POTTINGER.

THERE WILL BE NO PRESS INTERVIEWS AT THE AIRPORT BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE IR DEPARTURE ON SEPTEMBER 21.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE TWO MP'S. DURING THEIR STAY HERE THEY WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

THEY WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND TAKE A GENERAL LOOK AT HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING, SOCIAL WELFARE, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, LABOUR, AND LAW AND ORDER.

MR. MORRISON, REPRESENTING DEVIZES DIVISION OF WILTSHIRE, WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT IN 1964 AND HAS HELD HIS SEAT EVER SINCE. HE WAS BORN IN 1932, SON OF THE FIRST BARON MARGADALE, AND WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.

HE IS MARRIED WITH ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER.

MR. TUGENDHAT HAS REPRESENTED THE CITIES OF LONDON AND VESTMINSTER SINCE 1970. HE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL SPOKESMAN ON FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

MR. TUGENDHAT'S PRINCIPAL INTERESTS ARE ECONOMICS AND FINANCE. HE WRITES LEADING ARTICLES AND FEATURES FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND IS THE AUTHOR OF THE MULTINATIONALS WHICH WON THE MCKINSEY FOUNDATION BOOK AWARD IN 1971.

MR. TUGENDHAT IS A DIRECTOR OF PHILIPS PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL (UK) AND OF SUNNINGDALE OILS LTD.

HE IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS.

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