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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1986

SIR EDWARD TO OPEN TDC OFFICE IN PEKING

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (MONDAY) FOR PEKING TO OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OFFICE THERE.

TALKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, HE SAID: THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT OF COURSE IS THE OPENING OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OFFICE, AND THAT IS ANOTHER STAGE IN THE PROGRAMME OF DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE OF DEVELOPING HONG KONG'S TRADING RELATIONSHIPS.

+A NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS ARE THERE ALREADY AND THERE'LL BE SEMINARS, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT HONG KONG CAN DO TO MEET CHINESE REQUIREMENTS AND THE KIND OF COOPERATION HONG KONG CAN GIVE.+

SIR EDWARD ALSO SAID HE WOULD STAY IN PEKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL DAY AND HOPED TO HAVE ANOTHER INFORMAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS.

WHEN ASKED THE PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT, HE REPLIED: +AS FAR AS THE FIRST PART OF IT, THE PROGRAMME IS IN THE HANDS OF THE CHINA COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AND THEY'LL TELL US WHEN WE GET THERE WHAT THE FINAL PROGRAMME

IS, AND THEN I AM LOOKING FORWARD ALSO TO HEARING FROM SIR RICHARD (EVANS) WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE. THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN WE GET THERE.+

ON THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSIONS, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE EXPECTED HE WOULD HAVE THE SAME KIND OF REVIEW THIS TIME AS HE HAD LAST TIME.

ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR TO PEKING WERE LADY YOUDE AND AN 11-MEMBER HIGH-LEVEL HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE MISSION LED BY TDC CHAIRMAN, MISS LYDIA DUNN.

THEY WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG.

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