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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1992

GOVERNOR TO PRESENT FIRST POLICY ADDRESS

WILL

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN,

PRESENT HIS FIRST POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 7) WHEN HE OPENS THE 1992-93 SESSION OF THE COUNCIL.

MR PATTEN WILL BEGIN HIS ADDRESS AT 2.30 PM. THE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ALL FOUR TELEVISION CHANNELS, AS WELL AS RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG 1 AND 5, COMMERCIAL RADIO AND METRO RADIO.

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COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM 4 PM THAT DAY AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECH WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.

IN THE EVENING, MR PATTEN WILL GIVE A FIVE-MINUTE BROADCAST ON RADIO AND TELEVISION ON THE MAIN AREAS OF HIS POLICY ADDRESS.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

A SPECIAL CLOSED WORKING SESSION WILL BE ARRANGED ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 7) IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIEDS HOUSE TO ENABLE MEDIA MEMBERS TO WORK ON ADVANCE COPIES OF THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS. THE SESSION WILL START AT NOON AND WILL LAST UNTIL 4 PM.

COPIES OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WORKING ON ADVANCE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE GIS PRESS WITH THEIR COPIES UNTIL THE GOVERNOR HAS DELIVERED HIS SPEECH.

YOU ARE REMINDED THAT CONTENTS OF THE POLICY ADDRESS ARE ALSO EMBARGOED UNTIL AFTER DELIVERY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

WORKING ROOM.

THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AT THE CLOSED SESSION. SOUND FEED IS AVAILABLE INSIDE THE PRESS CONFERENCE

THE SAME AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR CONFERENCE AT 4.30 PM IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD.

WILL HOLD A PRESS HALL AT THE CENTRAL

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE. PRESS MEMBERS SHOULD ARRIVE BY 4 PM.

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