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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988

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LORD GLENARTHUR TO VISIT HK

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LORD

GLENARTHUR, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE

FOREIGN AND WILL PAY A

COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, VISIT TO THE TERRITORY FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY 1, AS PART OF A TOUR OF ASIA.

IT WILL BE HIS THIRD VISIT TO HONG KONG, INCLUDING ONE BRIEF TRANSIT VISIT IN FEBRUARY, SINCE HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG AFFAIRS LAST YEAR. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY GLENARTHUR.

DURING HIS TWO AND A HALF DAY VISIT, LORD GLENARTHUR WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE GOVERNOR, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

HE WILL MERT A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, INCLUDING BUSINESSMEN AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

THE MINISTER WILL VISIT TWO REFUGEE CAMPS.

HE WILL ALSO CALL ON THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT

TRAVEL ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

COUNCIL AND WILL

STRIVING FOR BETTER PLANNING IN CULTURE AND RECREATION

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HONG KONG'S PROGRESSION IN CULTURE, PERFORMING ARTS, RECREATION AND SPORTS HAVE ACHIEVED IMPORTANT MILESTONES OVER THE YEARS, AND A MORE SOLID SYSTEM IN LONG-TERM PLANNING SHOULD BE FORMULATED TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THIS ASPECT OF HONG KONG LIFK IN THE NEXT 10 ΤΟ 20 YEARS, THE SFCRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WITH FORESIGHT AND WOULD BENEFIT

THIS SYSTEM, HE SAID, SHOULD BE DEVELOPED SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATION IN CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PURSUITS.

SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST, MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE AND RECREATION IN HONG KONG ETAD BEEN GREATLY ENHANCED OVER THE PAST DECADE.

"WITH THE DRAMATIC GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY, ITS ALSO BROUGHT ABOUT UNAVOIDABLE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION,'

PROSPERITY HAD HE SAID.

"THE RISE