1.JNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1987
ACTING GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR LONDON
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, LEFT FOR LONDON THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING TO BRING THE NEW GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS WHEN HE HAD BEEN ACTING GOVERNOR.
SIR DAVID TOLD REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT THAT HE WOULD BRIEF SIR DAVID WILSON ON EVENTS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE SUBJECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN HONG KONG, AND THE PROGRESS OF THE PREPARATION OF THE GREEN PAPER AND GOVERNMENT'S THOUGHTS ON THE PAPER.
HE SAID THAT WHILE IN ENGLAND, HE ALSO HOPED TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE IN LONDON AT THE TIME.
+I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SIR GEOFFREY HOWE AND HAVE A TALK WITH HIM, HE SAID.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION, SIN DAVID STRESSED THAT THERE WOULD LE NO DELAY IN THE RELEASE OF THE GREEN PAPER.
+ THE PRECISE DATE OF WHEN THE GREEN PAPER WOULD BE ISSUED HASN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.+
ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD DISCUSS HIS FUTURE ROLE IN THE GOVERVIE WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR, IF DAVIL SAID: +NATURALLY I WILL FE TALK Titu TO HIM ABOUT THAT.+
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ON WHETHER HE WOULL KEEP LADY YOUDE INFORMEL ABOUT THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND, SIR DAVID SATI HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH LADY YOUDE, BUT HE WOULD CERTATIL Y TALK TO HER ON THE PHONE,
WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM REPORTS THAT TH GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING TO RELOCATE THE HMS TAMAR HEADQUARTERS IN QUEENSWAY, HE SAID: +NO THOUGHT IS BEING GIVEN TO THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME. IT'S A LONG WAY AHEAD AND THE REPORTS ARE PURELY SPECULATIVE.+
SIR DAVID WAS SEEN OFF BY THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVIL FORD, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S. Y. CHUNG, AND THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
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MR S. L. CHEN.
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