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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1984

GETTING ON WITH THE JOB

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GOVERNOR

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ON RETURN FROM PEKING TODAY:

+WELL, NOTHING DRAMATIC FOR YOU THIS MORNING I'M AFRAID.

+OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS WE'VE HAD QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INFORMAL AS WELL AS FORMAL DISCUSSION. AND IN THE MEANTIME THE WORKING GROUP ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE REMITTED TO THEM, AND I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE MADE A LOT MORE PROGRESS BY THE TIME I GO BACK TO PEKING, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH OF SEPTEMBER, WHEN WE SHALL BE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THE REMAINING ISSUES.

+SO NO DRAMATIC NEWS, BUT WE'RE GETTING ON WITH THE JOB.

SIR EDWARD WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY +

SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DR HARRY FANG, AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HK BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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TRADE CHIEF TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE

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MR HAMISH MACLEOD. DIRECTOR OF TRADE AND LEADER OF HONG KONG'S DELEGATION TO THE WASHINGTON TEXTILES TALKS, ACCOMPANIED BY MR ROBERT FOOTMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE, AND MRS MAUREEN CHAN, PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER, WILL RETURN ON FLIGHT PAN AM 21 WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT 7.35 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY). TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION MR STEPHEN CHEONG AND MR KENNETH FANG, HAVE GONE TO NEW YORK.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN THE VIP PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, 1ST FLOOR, HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING, 40 MINUTES AFTER

MR MACLEOD'S ARRIVAL. TELEVISION AND RADIO CREWS ARE ADVISED TO HAVE THE IR EQUIPMENT SET UP BY 8 PM.

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