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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1984

SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND LADY HOWE'S PROGRAMME

HARBOUR CRUISE

SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE WILL GO ON A HARBOUR CRUISE AND BE BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE HARBOUR AREA. A POOL PHOTOGRAPH WILL BE ISSUED BY GIS.

DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG

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8.50 PM

SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE WILL DEPART HONG KONG FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM ON FLIGHT BR381 AT 8.50 PM. THERE WILL BE A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY AT THE DEPARTURE HALL +FINGER+. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 8 PM. THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM PROOF OF IDENTITY.

LADY HOWE VISITS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION

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LADY HOWE THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION IN HONG KONG TO OPEN ITS PREMISES IN VICTORIA BARRACKS,

ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, SHE WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY MRS KATHLEEN MAIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION'S HONG KONG BRANCH, MRS L. HOLLAND, SECRETARY OF THE BRANCH, AND MRS SUSAN KERLEY, CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP.

LADY HOWE WAS TOLD THAT THE HONG KONG BRANCH WAS SET UP IN APRIL 1979.

SINCE 1981 IT HAS RUN AN ANNUAL COURSE AT THE EXTRA-MURAL DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY. IT HAS ALSO ORGANISED COURSES FOR PLAYLEADERS OF THE ARMY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

LADY HOWE LEARNED THAT THE PREMISES HOUSE A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP, MOTHER AND TODDLER FACILITIES, AN OFFICE WITH A LIBRARY AND A RESOURCE CENTRE.

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