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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1984

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RTHK WILL ALSO BROADCAST LIVE THE OTHER BUDGET SITTINGS ON MARCH 28 AND 29, APRIL 18, 19 (IF NECESSARY) AND MAY 2 ON RADIO 1 (CHINESE) AND RADIO 3 (ENGLISH).

THE BUDGET SITTINGS WILL ALSO BE COVERED, IN NORMAL NEWSCASTS AND BULLETINS OF RTHK, COMMERCIAL RADIO, HK-TVB AND ATV.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

IN ORDER TO AFFORD MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO PREPARE STORIES RELATING TO THE BUDGET, ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, A CLOSED WORKING SESSION WILL BE HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL.

NOTE:

THE GROUND RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. NO PART OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH OR RELATED

DOCUMENTS IS TO BE PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST PRIOR TO DELIVERY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

2. REPORTERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE CLOSED WORKING SESSION

ARE ASKED TO BE AT THE GIS THEATRE BY 11.15 AM TO REGISTER. AT 11.30 AM, THE FIRST, BACKGROUND, PART OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

AT 12.30 PM, EVENING NEWSPAPER REPORTERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE TO FILE STORIES BASED ON THIS PART OF THE SPEECH,

OTHER REPORTERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION THAT AFTERNOON WILL ALSO LEAVE AT THIS POINT.

BOTH GROUPS MUST BEAR IN MIND THE EMBARGO STATED IN PARAGRAPH 1.

3. ONCE THE ABOVE TWO GROUPS HAVE DEPARTED, THE REMAINING

REPORTERS WILL BE GIVEN THE SECOND PART OF THE SPEECH, CONTAINING THE BUDGET PROPOSALS.

NO-ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE THEATRE UNTIL AFTER THE FS HAS FINISHED SPEAKING. A SANDWICH LUNCH, AND SOFT DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED.

4. ON COMPLETION OF DELIVERY THE CLOSED SESSION WILL END AND

REPORTERS MAY LEAVE.

ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES REGISTERING FOR THE CLOSED WORKING SESSION WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED IN FULL THE ABOVE CONDITIONS.

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