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THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1985

GOVERNOR, LADY YOUDE LOOK TO +A VERY GOOD TRIP+

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID BEFORE LEAVING WITH LADY YOUDE FOR NANJING AND SHANGHAI TODAY THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY GOOD TRIP+.

+THIS IS GOING TO BE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT KIND OF TRIP TO THE ONES USUALLY MAKE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL WHEN I GET BACK, SIR EDWARD TOLD REPORTERS, BEFORE BOARDING THE PLANE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT.

SIR EDWARD SAID HE HAD BEEN TO THOSE CITIES +QUITE A LOT IN THE PAST, AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.+

HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD BE JOINING THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE EXHIBITION IN SHANGHAI WHICH HE WAS SURE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR ON TRIP WERE MR CHRIS WOOD, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, AND MR Y.P. CHENG, CHIEF GOVERNMENT INTERPRETER.

SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE; THE SENIOR

UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SIR ROGER LOBO THE VICE DIRECTOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR QI FENG AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR NIU SHAQ.

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WILL ARRIVE IN CANTON THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE THEY WILL VISIT THE CANTON TRADE FAIR BEFORE DEPARTING FOR NANJING LATER THIS EVENING.

FROM NANJING, THEY WILL VISIT YANGZHOU, ZHENJIANG AND WUXI BEFORE JOINING A HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC MISSION, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, IN SHANGHAI ON MAY 7.

THE MISSION, LED BY THE TDC CHAIRMAN, MISS LYDIA DUNN, WILL BE IN SHANGHAI FOR THE +MADE IN HONG KONG 85+ PRODUCT EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE SHANGHAI EXHIBITION CENTRE FROM MAY 8 TO 13.

SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG 2 MAY (THURSDAY).

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