TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1984
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GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO TAKE PART IN THE INITIALLING OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.
THREE NEW UNOFFICIALS JOIN HISTORIC LEGCO MEETING
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THREE NEW UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE TAKING THE IR SEATS FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW WHEN THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, MAKES HIS HISTORIC ADDRESS ON THE WHITE PAPER, SETTING OUT THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, AT 7 PM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
PRIOR TO THAT, AT 6.15 PM, THE THREE UNOFFICIALS: MR KIM CHAM YAU-SUM, MR KEITH LAM HON-KEUNG AND MR CARL TONG KA-WING, WILL MAKE THE AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE.
TWO OFFICIAL MEMBERS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, DR ALAN MCLEAN, AND THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHELANGELO PAGLIARI, WILL TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL PRESIDE OVER THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY,
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN BE SUSPENDED UNTIL 7 PM, WHEN THE GOVERNOR WILL MAKE HIS ADDRESS.
THE GOVERNOR, WHO LEFT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INITIALLING OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT IN PEKING, IS EXPECTED TO RETURN AT ABOUT 4.55 PM TOMORROW.
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