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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1993
MALCOLM RIFKIND VISITS FAR EAST
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MR MALCOLM RIFKIND LEAVES LONDON TODAY FOR HIS FIRST VISIT A8 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE TO HONG KONG, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA.
HONG KONG WILL BE THE FIRST STOP ON HIS TOUR AND WHILE HERE HE WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN.
HE WILL ALSO VISIT UNITS OF THE HONG MEMBERS OF ALL THREE ARMED SERVICES.
FROM HONG KONG MR RIFKIND WILL FLY TO TO MALAYSIA. IN BOTH COUNTRIES HE WILL HAVE GOVERNMENT MINISTERS.
KONG GARRISON AND MEET
SINGAPORE AND THEN ON DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR
DURING HIS VISITS TO HONG KONG UNITS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (JANUARY 7 AND 8), MR RIFKIND WILL BE WINCHED DOWN FROM A ROYAL AIR FORCE WESSEX HELICOPTER ON TO A ROYAL NAVY PATROL CRAFT (HMS STARLING) DEPLOYED ON ANTI-SMUGGLING DUTIES.
HE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE GARRISON'S ARMY AND RAF HELICOPTER
A SQUADRONS AT SEK KONG; VISIT
GURKHA BATTALION
A ON
LIVE-FIRING EXERCISE ON CASTLE PEAK TRAINING AREA; SEE THE NEW ROYAL NAVY BASE ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND; AND THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS.
BEFORE LEAVING FOR HONG KONG, MR RIFKIND SAID:
OPPORTUNITY OF VISITING
"I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS FIRST HONG KONG AS DEFENCE SECRETARY AND MEETING SOME OF OUR SERVICEMEN STATIONED THERE.
"SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA ARE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE HAD CLOSE DEFENCE LINKS OVER MANY YEARS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENT, AND MY DISCUSSIONS THERE WILL HELP BUILD ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS."
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YANTIAN DELEGATION VISITS MARINE DEPARTMENT
A SIX-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE SHENZHEN COMPANY LIMITED FROM YANTIAN THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING CALL ON THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
DONG
PENG
INDUSTRIAL PAID A COURTESY
YUK-HANG,
THE
ANTI
CHENG LED BY THE COMPANY'S GENERAL MANAGER, MR DELEGATION WAS RECEIVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DIRECTORATE AT MARINE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
ON
THE THE PORT'S OPERATION, FOREIGN SAIPS ENTERING AND CLEARING CONVENTIONS PROCEDURES, CARGO IMPORT/EXPORT PROCEDURES, INTERNATIONAL WHICH
то THE PORT OF HONG KONG, AND THE DEPARTMENT'S
THE GROUP
BRIEFED WAS
DEPARTMENT'S
HANDLING OF
APPLIED
ORGANISATION.
/IN RETURN
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