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MEDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1984

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GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM

AT 5 PM REPORTERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO READ A COPY OF THE WHITE PAPER IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. THESE REPORTERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE ROOM NOR MAKE TELEPHONE CALLS UNTIL THE DOCUMENT IS FORMALLY PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT EVENING.

TWO TV SETS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO BROADCAST THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION LIVE.

SWEARING IN CEREMONY

PRESIDED AT 6.15 PM THERE WILL BE A SWEARING IN CEREMONY, OVER BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE CHAMBER BUT TV ORGANISATIONS CAN FILM THE CEREMONY FROM THE BOOTH IF THEY WISH. GIS WILL ISSUE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SWEARING IN.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEGINS AT 7 PM. A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS. THESE WILL BE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. REGISTRATION BEGINS IMMEDIATELY ON THE ISSUE OF THIS NOTICE.

ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH MEDIA ORGANISATION WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE CHAMBER. EDITORS MUST INFORM THE GIS NEWS DIVISION OF THE NAME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THE SESSION BY 4 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WHEN THE LIST WILL BE CLOSED. THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ALLOCATED A SEAT MUST COLLECT SPECIAL BADGES FROM THE NEWS ROOM ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE ON THE IR WAY TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT BADGES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE CHAMBER.

TV CAMERAS, RECORDERS AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE CHAMBER. HOWEVER, RTHK WILL BE BROADCASTING THE PROCEEDINGS LIVE AND TV ORGANISATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A FEED. ALL OTHER TV AND RADIO ORGANISATIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE BOOTHS AT THE BACK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

TV AND RADIO REPRESENTATIVES WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE GIS NEWS DIVISION BY 4 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY). THEY MUST COLLECT SPECIAL BADGES FROM THE NEWS ROOM ON THEIR WAY TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT BADGES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED INTO THE BOOTHS.

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