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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1981
CHIEF SECRETARY TO REVIEW RED CROSS YOUTH RALLY
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE HONG KONG RED CROSS YOUTH SILVER JUBILEE RALLY AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 22).
COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS YOUTH PROGRAMME, THE RALLY WILL BE ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 5 000 YOUTH MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS.
SIR PHILIP WILL REVIEW THE GRAND PARADE FORMED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS. HE WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE GATHERING AND PRESENT AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION,
THE PROGRAMME WILL START AT 10 AM AND VISITORS ARE WELCOME
TO ATTEND.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
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A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S. WESTMINSTER AT 12 NOON (LONDON TIME) ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 26) FOR LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS WHO DIED IN HIS HOME IN NORTH WALES IN JULY THIS YEAR, AGED 67.
MR DAVID FORD, HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, WILL ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS, WHO WAS TWICE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND AN MP FOR 29 YEARS, HAD BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE THEN ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER AS A TRUE FRIEND OF HONG KONG.
HE VISITED HONG KONG BETWEEN JANUARY 12-18, 1975 AND AGAIN MADE BRIEF STOPOVERS IN AUGUST 1976 AND MARCH 1978 WHEN TRAVELLING ON OFFICIAL VISITS TO MANILA AND AUSTRALIA,
THROUGHOUT HIS TERMS OF OFFICE, LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS MADE BY HONG KONG, AND DEFENDED IT VIGOROUSLY AGAINST MISINFORMED AND UNJUST CRITICISMS.
LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS' DEATH HAS BEEN DEEPLY FELT IN HONG KONG.
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