FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19564
LIKE THE ADDRESS TO THE JOINT EXCO AND LEGCO MEETING ADMISSION INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE BY LAPEL BADGE HOLDERS ONLY. AGAIN, ONLY ONE REPORTER
ALL PERSONS FROM EACH NEWS ORGANISATION WILL BE ADMITTED. ENTER ING THE CHAMBER WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY AND OF THE ORGANISATION WHICH THEY REPRESENT.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE TELEVISED +LIVE+ BY RTHK. OTHER CAMERA CREWS CAN EITHER FILM FROM FIXED POSITIONS INSIDE THE CHAMBER OR FROM THE BOOTHS. ADDITIONAL FEEDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE FOR TV AND RADIO STATIONS BY RTHK.
TV CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE IN GOOD TIME TO SET UP THE IR EQUIPMENT. ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE SEATED BY 8.20 AM. THERE WILL BE A THREE-MINUTE PHOTO-CALL AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ARRIVED AND BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE BEGINS. PHOTOGRAPHERS MUST LEAVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE GETS UNDERWAY.
ALL RECORDINGS SHOULD BE DONE INSIDE THE BOOTHS AND
NO MICROPHONES OR HAND-HELD RECORDERS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE DIAS. RADIO BROADCASTERS AND COMMENTATORS WILL OPERATE FROM THE RADIO BOOTHS BEHIND THE CHAMBER.
A FULL TRANSCRIPT, TOGETHER WITH A CHINESE TRANSLATION, WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS.
10 AM - DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG
THE PRIME MINISTER WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR THE UNITED STATES SHORTLY AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE. A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTURE HALL +FINGER+, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING HER DEPARTURE SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 9.10 AM. THEY MUST BRING WITH THEM PROOF OF IDENTITY.
SIR GEOFFREY HOWE'S PROGRAMME
SIR GEOFFREY HOWE WILL HAVE THE SAME PROGRAMME AS THE PRIME MINISTER EXCEPT THAT AT 2.45 PM ON DECEMBER 20, HE WILL BE ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS VISITING AP LE! CHAU. THERE WILL BE FIXED PRESS POSITIONS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF HIS ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE.
ON DECEMBER 21, SIR GEOFFREY WILL GO ON A HARBOUR CRUISE AND BE BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE HARBOUR AREA. BECAUSE OF SPACE LIMITATIONS ON THE BOAT, A POOL PHOTOGRAPH WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS.
AT 8.50 PM IN THE SAME EVENING, SIR GEOFFREY WILL DEPART HONG KONG FOR THE UK ON FLIGHT BR 381.
/THERE WILL
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