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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1986

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LU PING TO CALL ON GOVERNOR

MR LU PING, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, WILL PAY AN INFORMAL CALL 21 THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 3.30 PM.

MR LU WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION. A NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIALS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

OVERNIGHT STOP FOR FCO MINISTER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR TIMOTHY RENTON, WILL MAKE AN OVERNIGHT STOP IN HONG KONG ON JANUARY 23 AFTER HIS VISIT TO CHINA.

THIS WILL BE MR RENTON'S SECOND VISIT TO THE TERRITORY SINCE TAKING UP THE POST WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1985. HE LAST VISITED HONG KONG IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR,

THE MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY TRAIN FROM CHINA IN THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 23. DURING HIS SHORT STAY IN HONG KONG, HE WILL ATTEND A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BEFORE JOINING THE GOVERNOR AND UMELCO MEMBERS FOR DINNER AT THE UMELCO OFFICE.

ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING, MR RENTON WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BEFORE DEPARTING FOR THAILAND TO CONTINUE THE VISIT WHICH HIS PREDECESSOR, MR RICHARD LUCE, HAD PLANNED TO MAKE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEDIA COVERAGE OF MR RENTON'S PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN DETAILS ARE FINALISED,

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