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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1993

GOVERNOR TO PRESENT POLICY ADDRESS

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, WILL PRESENT HIS SECOND POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 6) WHEN HE OPENS THE 1993/94 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 CHANNELS 1 AND 5.

COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM 4.30 PM THAT DAY AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECH WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL.

THE SUMMARY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT SEVEN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS BETWEEN 4.30 PM AND 7 PM ON THAT DAY. THE STATIONS ARE CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, TAI KOO, TSIM SHA TSUI, MONG KOK, TSUEN WAN AND WONG TAI SIN.

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

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

A SPECIAL CLOSED-DOOR WORKING SESSION WILL BE ARRANGED ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 6) IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE TO ENABLE MEDIA MEMBERS TO WORK ON ADVANCE COPIES OF THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS. THE SESSION WILL START AT NOON UNTIL THE GOVERNOR FINISHES HIS SPEECH.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WORKING ON THE ADVANCE COPIES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM UNTIL THE GOVERNOR FINISHES HIS SPEECH.

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

THE USE WORKING SESSION. ROOM.

DURING THE

OF MOBILE TELEPHONES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED

SOUND FEED IS AVAILABLE INSIDE THE PRESS CONFERENCE

FLOOR,

THE

LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR WILL HOLD A PRESS

MULTI-PURPOSE CONFERENCE AT 4.30 PM AT THE

HALL, FIRST NEW ANNEXE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD.

YOUR

REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED ΤΟ ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE. MEDIA MEMBERS SHOULD ARRIVE BY 4 PM. REPRESENTATIVES OF

AND

SET RADIO STATIONS SHOULD ARRIVE EVEN EARLIER TO

TELEVISION

EQUIPMENT.

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