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HAI 9, 1985

+ THINK IT HAS BEEN A VERY USEFUL WEEK INDEED.+

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VISIT TO CHINA BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY (DESIGNATE), MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS VISITING CHINA IN ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES BEFORE TAKING OVER AS CHIEF SECRETARY.

+THIS HAD BECOME ALMOST A TRADITION WITH CHIEF SECRETARIES THAT IN THE PERIOD BEFORE THEY TAKE OVER, THEY GO AND VISIT THE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CONTACTS IN ORDER TO MEET SOME OF THE LEADERS THERE AND TO GET AN UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF THE CONDITIONS THERE,+ HE SAID.

+SO I THINK THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE IN PEKING AND ALSO FORM AN UP-TO-DATE VIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHINA.+

THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS RETURN BY LADY YOUDE; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN; THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, MR CHRIS WOOD; THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG; AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TDC HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE MISSION.

THEY WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG; AND THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR ROGER LOBO.

SIR PHILIP SEES WORK ON REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAMBER

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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE SITE OF WHAT WILL BE THE +TEMPORARY HOME+ OF THE RECENTLY-FORMED PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL IN TSUEN WAN.

SIR PHILIP SAW WORK ON THE FITTING OUT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE TSUEN WAN MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR J.C.A. HAMMOND, AND THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, MRS DAVINA YUEN,

AS PART OF HIS VISIT, SIR PHILIP CALLED IN AT THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTIN AVENUE WHERE HE MET WITH STAFF OF VARIOUS DIVISIONS TO DISCUSS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

HE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO LEARN THAT STAFF FROM THE FORMER RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SECTION OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE WORKING WELL TOGETHER UNDER THE RE-ORGANISED SYSTEM.

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