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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1986

SPEECH BY GOVERNOR AT DINNER FOR JLG TEAMS

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FOLLOWING 19 A SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A DINNER FOR THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING,

+AMBASSADOR KE, DR WILSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

+FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME AMBASSADOR KE ZAISHUO AND HIS

WE ALSO WELCOME FELLOW CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. DR WILSON AND HIS BRITISH COLLEAGUES FROM LONDON AND PEKING.

+UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES. TO CARRY THEM OUT SUCCESSFULLY WILL CALL FOR JOINT EFFORTS AND A GREAT DEAL OF SERIOUS WORK.

+AS THE KEY ORGAN OF LIAISON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS DEALING WITH MAJOR ISSUES WHICH WILL AFFECT THE CONFIDENCE OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, THE PROSPECTS FOR OUR BUSINESSMEN AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.

+THIS MEETING IS OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE FOR HONG KONG. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAS MET HERE

GOOD AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE WATCHING IT CLOSELY. WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE PEKING AND LONDON MEETINGS.

+YOUR AGENDA IS A FULL AND IMPORTANT ONE AND I AM SURE THAT BOTH SIDES IN THE LIAISON GROUP WILL TACKLE IT WITH SERIOUS PURPOSE. WE THUS LOOK FORWARD TO SIMILARLY SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM THIS MEETING HERE.

+IN ADDITION, AMBASSADOR KE, WE HOPE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY

HONG OF SHOWING YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUÉS SOMETHING OF HONG KONG. KONG HAS MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS OVER THE LAST DECADE AND THERE IS MUCH TO SEE.

+WITH THOSE REMARKS I WOULD ASK ALL PRESENT TO RAISE THEIR GLASSES TO THE HEALTH OF AMBASSADOR KE AND DR WILSON, TO THEIR COLLEAGUES FROM THE CHINESE AND BRITISH TEAMS AND TO THE CONTINUED PROGRESS IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.+

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