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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1988

SIR GEOFFREY HOWE TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY (MAY 29) ΤΟ BEGIN

THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT.

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SIR GEOFFREY WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ UPDATE HIMSELF ON DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE HIS LAST VISIT TO HONG KONG SOME TWO YEARS AGO.

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APART FROM MEETING SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, OMELCO MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION, THE SECRETARY STATE WILL VISIT GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THE CHI MA WAN CLOSED CAMP TO SEE FOR HIMSELF CONDITIONS AT THESE CENTRES AND TO SEE HOW HONG KONG TACKLES THE PROBLEM.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A HELICOPTER TOUR TO SEE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, A VISIT TO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND A LUNCH MEETING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS.

HE WILL ALSO ATTEND AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY (MAY 31) AND WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ATTENDING A DINNER WITH OMELCO MEMBERS. HE WILL LEAVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE SAME EVENING.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITIES WILL ВЕ PROVIDED FOR THE MEDIA TO

COVER A NUMBER OF SIR GEOFFREY'S PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ISSUED SPECIAL PRESS BADGES BY GIS WHEN COVERING THESE FUNCTIONS. THEY ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE EARLY AS THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO SECURITY CHECKS. THEY ARE ALSO ADVISED TO BRING ALONG TELEPHOTO LENSES.

BECAUSE OF CROWD CONTROL AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, THERE WILL BE FIXED PRESS POSITIONS TO COVER MOST OF SIR GEOFFREY'S PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.

SUNDAY (MAY 29)

ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK

SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE ARE

SCHEDULED ΤΟ

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ARRIVE IN HONG EVENING. MEDIA THE AIRPORT

KONG BY FLIGHT CX 902 FROM MANILA ON SUNDAY REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE PRESS ROOM BY 8 PM.

/MONDAY (MAY 30)