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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1988

SIR GEOFFREY HOWE ARRIVES FOR THREE-DAY VISIT

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, ARRIVED FROM MANILA TONIGHT (SUNDAY) FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, SIR GEOFFREY SAID HIS VISIT WAS THREE-FOLD:

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"FIRST, TO UNDERLINE WITH ALL THE EMPHASIS AT MY COMMAND, BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S UNDIMINISHED COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG AND FULL AND FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"SECOND, TO ENCOURAGE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO TAKE CONFIDENCE.

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"CONFIDENCE FROM THEIR OWN STRIKING ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND FROM THE SUSTAINED AND DETERMINED SUPPORT FOR THEIR LONG-TERM INTERESTS BY THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS.

"THIRD, TO REVIEW All develoPMENTS AFFECTING HONG KONG'S WELL BEING WITH A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF OPINION WITH LEGCO, WITH EXCO, WITH THE MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS WITH WHOM I SHALL COME INTO CONTACT, AND OF COURSE WITH THE GOVERNOR,"

"BY THE END OF MY VISIT I HOPE TO HAVE AS FULL AND AS ACCURATE AN INSIGHT AS POSSIBLE INTO HONG KONG'S CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MY IMPRESSIONS WITH YOU AT MY PRESS CONFERENCE," SIR GEOFFREY SAID.

SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON; THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, AND THE ACTING SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR CHRISTOPHER HAYWARD.

BOAT PARADE PROMOTES WATER SPORTS SAFETY

BOATS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES TOOK PART IN A PARADE OFF THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

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THE COLOURFUL PAGEANT OF FIRE BOATS, RESCUE AND PATROL SAILING AND SPEED BOATS, CANOES, LAUNCHES, CRUISERS AND WAS ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE WATER SPORTS

WINDSURFERS SAFETY DAY ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS TO PROMOTE THE "PLAY SAFE" MESSAGE.

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