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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 198

+DURING THOSE TALKS WE HAD A FULL REVIEW OF THE COURSE OF THE TALKS IN PEKING SO FAR AND WE HAVE OF COURSE BEEN MAKING VERY CAREFUL PREPARATIONS FOR RESUMPTION IN TWO WEEKS TIME.

+ IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT MR LUCE WILL BE HERE AND I SAW

HIM ON TWO OCCASIONS AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS VISIT.

+ HE IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING HERE AND TO MEETING AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE CAN WHILE HERE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF EXCO AND UMELCO.

*AND HIS VISIT WILL OF COURSE GIVE US A FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE COURSE OF THE TALKS.

+AND ON PRESENT PLANS, SIR PERCY CRADOCK WILL BE COMING DOWN AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.

TRIBUTE TO FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL

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THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR FREDERICK WATSON, TO ALL PERSONNEL OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

+EVERYONE OF YOU PERFORMED YOUR DUTY DURING TYPHOON ELLEN WITH COURAGE AND FORTITUDE AND IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE FIRE SERVICES. MANY OF YOU PERFORMED YOUR DUTY LONG IN EXCESS OF YOUR NORMAL HOURS, AS IS EXPECTED ON SUCH OCCASIONS.

+FOR MANY OF YOU IT IS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING DUTIES IN SUCH CALAMITY. IT WON'T ?3 THE LAST.

+ONE OF OUR MEMBERS DIED COURAGEOUSLY PERFORMING HIS DUTY.

OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

+GO HOME THIS MORNING KNOWING YOU HAVE PERFORMED YOUR DUTY WELL AND THAT YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE IN WHICH YOU CAN BE PROUD. DONT'T EVER LET IT DOWN.