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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1978

DUKE OF KENT TO LEAVE HONG KONG

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FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF HRH THE DUKE OF KENT'S PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW (THURSDAY):

8:40 A.M.

DEPART FROM HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ACCREDITED PRESS REPRESENTATIVES MUST ASSEMBLE AT THE PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING NOT LATER THAN 8.20 A.M. G.I.S. CFFICERS WILL ESCORT THEM TO THE FIXED PRESS POSITION, SAME AS THAT FOR ARRIVAL.)

CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF LIU PING-HON TO RE-OPEN

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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ORDERED THE CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF LIU PING-HON TO BE RE-OPENED FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS BY THE POLICE,

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERED THE RE-OPENING OF THE INQUIRY IN EXERCISE OF HIS POWERS UNDER SECTION 20 OF THE CORONERS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 14) SO THAT EVIDENCE BY CERTAIN PERSONS NOT PREVIOUSLY HEARD BEFORE THE CORONER'S JURY MAY NOW BE CONSIDERED BY THEM.

ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE POLICE AND WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF LIU PING-HON IS INVITED TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CORONER, MR. D. J. LEONARD, SOUTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY, TO BE HEARD AT THE RE-OPENED INQUIRY.

THE DATE OF THE CONTINUED INQUIRY WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.

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