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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988

GOVERNOR DEPARTS FOR VISIT TO LONDON

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, LEFT HONG KONG TONIGHT (FRIDAY) FOR A SEVEN-DAY VISIT TO LONDON,

VISITS TO LONDON

BY

IT WAS ANOTHER OF THE SERIES OF REGULAR THE GOVERNOR. HE LAST WENT THERE IN OCTOBER 1987.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO MEET THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND OTHER MINISTERS.

"I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL MATTERS, RELATIONS BETWEEN HERE IN HONG HONG KONG AND UNITED KINGDOM, AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS KONG. I WILL BE RAISING

OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, THE

GOVERNOR SAID.

THE

SUBJECT

TAKING "AND I AM ALSO

THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ MEET MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHILE I AM IN LONDON, HE ADDED.

...

MR LU PING COURTESY

STATE

YESTERDAY CALL BUT THE

OF

RELATIONS,

AT

PROGRESS

OVER

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON THE VISIT BY

DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A MORNING, SIR OPPORTUNITY WAS TAKEN TO TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL MATTERS AFFECTING HONG KONG AND CHINA, AND TO LOOK THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

DEFENCE COSTS

WITH U.K.

ΤΟ COME UP SINCE

ASKED IF HE WOULD BE DISCUSSING THE OFFICIALS, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE DID EXPECT THAT THE DEFENCE COSTS HAD NOT YET BEEN FINALLY NEGOTIATED.

"BUT I DON'T EXPECT ΤΟ BE GOING INTO DETAILED NEGOTIATION MYSELF, HE ADDED.

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TALK AT

THE

OF

RETURN

SIR DAVID WILL ALSO GIVE A

ROYAL INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DURING HIS VISIT TO LONDON. HE IS DUE TO TO HONG KONG NEXT THURSDAY (MARCH 24).

BY AIRPORT

THE CHIEF MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS

THE GOVERNOR WAS SEEN OFF AT THE SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR SIR S.Y. CHUNG; AND THE SENIOR MEMBER LYDIA DUNN.

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