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TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984

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FOREIGN SECRETARY'S PRESS CONFERENCE

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 4.30 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE SHOULD BE SEATED BY 4.20 PM.

EDITORS ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THAT ADMISSION WILL BE BY BADGE HOLDERS ONLY. ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE CHAMBER WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY ISSUED BY THE ORGANISATION THEY REPRESENT.

THERE WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE PHOTO CALL JUST BEFORE THE START OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE, AFTER WHICH PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE CHAMBER.

ALL RECORDING WILL BE DONE INSIDE THE BOOTHS AND NO MICROPHONES OR HAND-HELD RECORDERS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE DAIS. JOURNALISTS CAN, IF THEY WISH, RECORD THE PROCEEDINGS BY PLUGGING INTO THEIR SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION RECEIVERS. ADDITIONAL CLEAN SOUND OUTLETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY TV AND RADIO STATIONS.

A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE, TOGETHER WITH A FULL CHINESE TRANSLATION, WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS.

LATER IN THE EVENING, THERE WILL BE A FACILITY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO COVER SIR GEOFFREY'S DEPARTURE FOR LONDON AT 6.35 PM.

PLEASE ADVISE THOSE ASSIGNED TO COVER THE EVENT TO ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING NOT LATER THAN 5.45 PM. THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THEIR LAPEL BADGES FOR THE OCCASION AS WELL AS THEIR ID CARDS OR PASSPORTS.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

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