NOTE TO EDITORS:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1984
PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT
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A NUMBER OF FACILITIES ARE BEING ARRANGED FOR THE INFORMATION MEDIA TO COVER THE VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, WHO ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG FROM CHINA ON DECEMBER 20.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL NEED SPECIAL ACCREDITATION TO COVER ALL PUBLIC FUNCTIONS. PRESS LAPEL BADGES WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS TO ALL ACCREDITED JOURNALISTS.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR ACCREDITATION AT EACH POSITION HAVE BEEN BOXED FOR COLLECTION. EDITORS ARE REQUESTED TO 'COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORMS AND RETURN THEM TO THE DUTY OFFICER, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, BY 12 NOON, DECEMBER 17, AT THE LATEST.
EDITORS ARE REQUESTED TO NOTE THAT NOMINATIONS DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT LAPEL BADGES WILL BE ISSUED TO EVERY REPRESENTATIVE. UNLIMITED SPACE AND SEATS CANNOT ALWAYS BE MADE AVAILABLE. EVERY EFFORT, HOWEVER, WILL BE MADE TO MEET REQUESTS FROM THE INFORMATION MEDIA TO ASSIST THEM IN COVERING PARTICULAR EVENTS.
BECAUSE OF CROWD CONTROL AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, THERE WILL BE FIXED PRESS POSITIONS TO COVER ALL OF MRS THATCHER'S AND SIR GEOFFREY'S PUBLIC FUNCTIONS. WHERE PRESS POSITIONS CANNOT BE MADE AVAILABLE AT ALL, POOL PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS.
PRIME MINISTER'S PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20
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12.20 PM ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK
THE PRIME MINISTER AND HER PARTY ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON AN RAF VC 10 AT 12,20 PM ON DECEMBER 20. A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE ARRIVAL HALL +FINGER+. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING HER ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE
AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 11.30 AM. SHOULD BRING WITH THEM PROOF OF IDENTITY.
1 PM TO 2.10 PM - LUNCH WITH UMELCO
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THERE WILL BE FIXED POSITIONS AT THE PEDDER STREET ENTRANCE OF SWIRE HOUSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO COVER THE PRIME MINISTER'S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE,
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