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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1985

+THERE IS VERY GREAT INTEREST THERE IN THE WAY IN WHICH THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,+ HE SAID,

SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT NOW THE FIRST ELECTED MEMBERS WERE

+THIS HAS ABOUT TO TAKE THEIR PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. AROUSED GREAT INTEREST AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE ARE DOING AND HOW WE THINK IT WILL DEVELOP,+ HE SAID. SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE KEY THINGS.+

HE SAID HE WOULD ALSO TALK TO PEOPLE IN LONDON ABOUT WORLD TRADING PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE ARE COMING UP TO SOME IMPORTANT TRADE DISCUSSIONS.+

+1 WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PEOPLE IN LONDON AND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE SEE THESE PROBLEMS, BECAUSE HONG KONG'S TRADE INTERESTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG AND SO I WANT TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT THAT.

+AND THEN THERE WILL BE OTHER ISSUES. I EXPECT THE JLG WILL COME UP, BUT IT IS NOT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF MY VISIT, HE SAID.

ASKED WHO HE WOULD BE SEEING IN LONDON, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE EXPECTED TO SEE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND MR RICHARD LUCE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.

→COMMISSIONER MR HAYE HAS ARRANGED A LUNCH AT WHICH I AM GOING TO MEET A NUMBER OF MPS, INCLUDING SIR PETER BLAKER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, HE SAID.

+1 EXPECT BY THE TIME I GET THERE ON MONDAY - WHEN I TURN UP IN LONDON ON MONDAY - THE LIST OF PEOPLE I AM TO SEE WILL HAVE GROWN SOMEWHAT BECAUSE IT DOES TEND TO GROW VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE I ARRIVE.+

SCOUTS PRAISED FOR YOUTH YEAR ACTIVITIES

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THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR IS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID AT THE ASSOCIATION'S ST GEORGE'S DAY RALLY THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING AS THE CHIEF SCOUT OF THE ASSOCIATION, SIR EDWARD SAID THIS YEAR WAS OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE ALL HONG KONG YOUTH GROUPS ARE TAKING PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.

+ I AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL TO PARTICIPATE, YOUR ASSOCIATION HAS ORGANISED A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WHICH EMPHASISE THE THEME OF PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE'.

THE COMMUNITY