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FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1986

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GOVERNOR RECEIVES KEY TO SAN FRANCISCO

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THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WAS PRESENTED WITH THE KEY TO SAN FRANCISCO TWO HOURS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL FROM HONG KONG ON CATHAY PACIFIC'S INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO THE CITY.

PRESENTING THE KEY, MAYOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN DECLARED THE START OF HONG KONG WEEK AND DREW ATTENTION TO THE MANY CLOSE LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ECONOMICALLY EXPANDING PACIFIC RIM.

WHILE NOTING SAN FRANCISCO'S HEALTHY EMPLOYMENT RATE. SHE SAID THE STRENGTH OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY WAS REFLECTED IN ITS VIRTUAL FULL EMPLOYMENT.

SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO DEVELOPING EVEN WIDER TRADE TIES IN THE FUTURE.

IN THANKING THE MAYOR FOR HER WARM WELCOME, SIR EDWARD ALSO TALKED OF THE INCREASING BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL TIES WHICH ENRICHED EACH CITY'S ECONOMIES AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS.

+THE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC, AND THE AIRSPACE ABOVE IT, SERVE NOT TO DIVIDE US, BUT TO PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US,+ HE SAID.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT CITY HALL WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF CATHAY PACIFIC, MR MICHAEL MILES, WHO PRESENTED A TICKET TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION, MR BRAYTON WILBUR, AS SPONSORSHIP OF THE ORCHESTRA'S 1988 TOUR OF SIX CITIES IN THE FAR EAST, INCLUDING HONG KONG.

SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE LATER ATTENDED A LUNCH HOSTED BY MR WILBUR AND MAYOR FEINSTEIN WHO PRESENTED HIM WITH A REDWOOD MODEL OF A HARBOUR SEAL COMMON TO THE SHORES OF THE BAY.

GUESTS WERE ENTERTAINED BY A LION DANCE AND MUSIC PLAYED BY THE HONG KONG POLICE BAND AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR ON THE INAUGURAL FLIGHT WERE MR AND MRS MILES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONGKONG BANK, SIR MICHAEL SANDBERG AND LADY SANDBERG, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN.

HONG KONG WEEK, WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED IN UNION SQUARE BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, IS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY CATHAY PACIFIC, THE HONGKONG BANK, THE TDC AND THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, OF WHICH MR MILES IS ALSO CHAIRMAN.

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