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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1989

GOVERNOR TO VISIT USA NEXT MONTH

TUESDAY).

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT

YEAR, A GOVERNMENT FROM OCTOBER 14 TO 21 THIS TODAY

THE UNITED STATES SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED

AND

WEST COASTS, SIR DURING THE EIGHT-DAY TOUR OF BOTH EAST

HE WHERE

WILL MEET CONGRESSIONAL DAVID WILL VISIT WASHINGTON, D.C. LEADERS AND CABINET MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTRATION.

AFTER WASHINGTON, SIR DAVID WILL GO ON

TO VISIT LOS ANGELES

AND SAN FRANCISCO.

OF

ON

TERRITORY'S

HE WILL UNDERTAKE A NUMBER WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND WILL BRIEF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND THE FAR-REACHING LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

DETAILS OF HIS PROGRAMME ARE

BEING

FINALISED,

THE

SPOKESMAN

SAID.

THIS WILL BE SIR DAVID'S SECOND

SINCE TAKING UP OFFICE. HE LAST TOURED THE UNITED 1987.

VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES STATES IN OCTOBER

GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES HK CLIMBERS ON EVEREST ASSAULT

HONG

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY 1 CONGRATULATED

AND KONG MEMBERS OF THE JOINT HONG KONG

CHINA MOUNTAINEERING

THE ON THEIR SUCCESS IN CONQUERING MOUNT CHANGTSE, EXPEDITION PEAK OF MOUNT EVEREST, IN JULY.

NORTH

SIR

THE

AND DAVID, WHO IS THE PATRON OF THE HONG KONG TEAM, WILSON HOSTED A RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE TEAM INCLUDING THREE WHO REACHED

CHANGTSE SUMMIT. AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MOUNTAINEERING UNION.

LADY

MR TSANG LOK. A TEAM LEADER, MR NG KA-WAI AND MR CHAM YICK-KAI WERE THE THREE HONG KONG TEAM MEMBERS WHO, TOGETHER WITH THREE CHINESE CLIMBERS HAD REACHED THE 7.543-METRE SUMMIT, THUS SETTING AN RECORD FOR HONG KONG'S MOUNTAINEERS.

ALTITUDE

THE 19-MEMBER EXPEDITION COMPRISED NINE HONG KONG CLIMBERS 10 MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION.

AND

JULY

THE

INFORMING

THE EXPEDITION SET OUT TO CONQUER MOUNT CHANGTSE IN EARLY AND THE SIX CLIMBERS TOPPED THE SUMMIT ON THE 24TH OF THE MONTH. HONG KONG TEAM IMMEDIATELY SENT A TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNOR HIM OF THEIR SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING.

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