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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1980

SIR MURRAY SAID THAT AT THE PRESENT RATE OF OFF-TAKE THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG BY THE END OF THE YEAR SHOULD BE DOWN TO ABOUT 20 000.

AT THE MOMENT, HE ADDED, WE HAVEN'T GOT FIRM PLEDGES FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE AFTER AT THE MOMENT, HE ADDED.

DURING HIS TOUR OF THE TRANSIT CENTRE WITH LADY MACLEHOSE, SIR MURRAY NOTED THAT CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRE HAD GREATLY IMPROVED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS STILL SOME CROWDING.

SIR MURRAY AND LADY MACLEHOSE SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE CENTRE'S MEDICAL FACILITIES AND THE WORK BEING DONE IN THE NURSERY.

THE MEDICAL CENTRE, WHICH OPENED LAST DECEMBER, OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES INCLUDING OUT-PATIENT, POST-NATAL AND DENTAL CARE.

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SIR MURRAY AND LADY MACLEHOSE WERE ACCOMPANIED DURING TOUR BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, THE UNHCR CHARGE DE MISSION, MR JACQUES TERLIN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, MR CHENG TUNG-CHOY, THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, MR THOMAS SIN, AND MR HENRY LOKE, MANAGER OF THE TRANSIT CENTRE.

SIR EDWARD YOUDE TO VISIT HONG KONG *****

DEPUTY TO THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND FORMER AMBASSADOR TO PEKING, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WHO IS ACCOMPANYING LORD CARRINGTON TO CHINA, WILL SPEND A FEW DAYS IN HONG KONG AFTER THE CHINA VISIT.

CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR TO ATTEND MEXICO CITY CONFERENCE

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MR BRIAN KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LEFT TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR MEXICO CITY TO ATTEND THE 33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AIRPORT OPERATORS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (AOCI) OPENING ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 29).

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE OPERATORS AND THOSE IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY WILL BE ATTENDING THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE.

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AIRPORT AND AVIATION ECONOMIES AND POLICIES, AIR SERVICES AND AIR CAPACITY, AND AIRPORT ENERGY AND FUEL PROBLEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED.

MR KEEP WILL ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE ON AIR TRANSPORT MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE EMPHASIS ON POLICIES AND PLANS FOR MARKETING THE AIRPORT AND DEVELOPING IT TO FULFIL TARGETS.