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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1985

LADY YOUDE RESPONDED BY THANKING THE UNITED WAY FOR PROVIDING A FRIENDLY OPPORTUNITY FOR SUPPORTERS OF THE UNITED WAY AND THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG TO COME TOGETHER TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE COMMON CAUSE OF SERVING THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. SHE CONGRATULATED ALL WHO WORKED SO HARD FOR THE UNITED WAY AND CONVEYED TO THEM THE BEST WISHES FROM THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG. SHE ALSO WISHED MR. CHUNG KING FAI AND HIS GROUP OF ARTISTS FROM HONG KONG SUCCESS IN THEIR DRAMA PERFORMANCES ON BROADWAY.

ON HER FIRST DAY HERE, LADY YOUDE ACCOMPANIED BY HONG KONG BANK OFFICIALS WIVES, VISITED THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, WHICH HOUSES FAMOUS COLLECTIONS OF MEDEVIAL, EGYPTIAN AND ORIENTAL ART. SHE SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE DR. SACKLER'S FAMOUS COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL ART. LADY YOUDE HAS A DEEP INTEREST IN THINGS CHINESE AS SHE NOT ONLY SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE BUT IS THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK ON CHINA.

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UMELCO MOTIVE FOR UK VISIT UNDERSTOOD SIR PHILIP

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MEMBERS OF UMELCO HAD EVERY RIGHT TO GO TO LONDON TO ATTEND THE DEBATE ON THE HONG KONG BILL, AND THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTOOD THEIR MOTIVES, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.

+1 THINK THE UMELCO PRESS STATEMENT MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEE MINISTERS AND TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE. THE PROCEDURE THAT THE HONG KONG BILL WILL FOLLOW THROUGH PARLIAMENT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD BY MEMBERS OF UMELCO AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THE BILL, HE SAID.

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SIR PHILIP WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

ASKED TO COMMENT ON MR ENOCH POWELL'S MOTION THAT THE HONG KONG BILL SHOULD NOT RECEIVE A SECOND READING, SIR PHILIP SAID HE HEARD ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING THAT SIR PETER BLAKER THOUGHT THAT THE CHANCE OF IT SUCCEEDING WAS REMOTE.

+AND I SHOULD THINK SIR PETER BLAKER IS RIGHT, HE SAID.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION, SIR PHILIP POINTED OUT THAT 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAD REGISTERED AS VOTERS AND THAT WAS ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CONSTITUENCY.

+HOW MANY POTENTIAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY VOTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT 1.4 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS, I DON'T NOW.

ANE MADE