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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985

HK/MACẦU

RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTORY

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THE PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU WAS A VERY SATISFACTORY ONE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING,

HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE MACAU FERRY PIER WHEN SEEING OFF THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, REAR ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA AND MADAM E COSTA.

SIR EDWARD SAID TODAY'S VISIT HAD GIVEN HIM AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE MACAU GOVERNOR ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.

+ IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE COVERED THE ECONOMY AND THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE QUESTIONS AND MATTERS OF THAT KIND, AND ALSO THE RULES WE ARE MAKING ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

→AND WE HAD SOME USEFUL DISCUSSIONS ON QUESTIONS OF COMMON CONCERN, AND THESE HAVE INCLUDED OF COURSE INTERNATIONAL TRADE QUESTIONS AND THE PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU WHICH WE AGREED WAS A VERY SATISFACTORY ONE.

+SO WE HAD A USEFUL DAY TOGETHER AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE FOR US TO HAVE THEM HERE,+ SIR EDWARD SAID, POINTING OUT THAT HE REMEMBERED VERY WARMLY HIS LAST VISIT TO MACAU,

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MACAU GOVERNOR ARRIVES FOR ONE-DAY VISIT

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THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, REAR ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA AND MADAM E COSTA ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE.

ALSO GREETING THEM AT THE MACAU FERRY PIER WERE THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF PORTUGAL, MR NUNO DA CUNHA E TAVORA LORENA; THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND DOYEN OF THE MACAU CONSULAR CORPS, MRS FELICIDAD BENGZON GONZALES THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL AT MACAU, MR C.C.W. ADAMS AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR JOHN CÜRLE.

THE OFFICIAL PARTY THEN DROVE TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE REAR ADM ALMEIDA E COSTA IS BEING BRIEFED THIS MORNING BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.

IN THE MEANTIME, MADAM ALMEIDA E COSTA, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, HAS GONE TO VISIT THE PO LEUNG KUK AND THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE.

EARLIER, A MACAU PRESS CORPS, TOGETHER WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE MACAU GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, ARRIVED TO COVER THE ONE-DAY VISIT.

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