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Governor to present 1995 Policy Address

The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, will present his 1995 Policy Address to the Legislative Council on Wednesday (October 11) when he opens the 1995-96 session of the council.

Mr Patten will begin his address at 2.30 pm. The proceedings will be broadcast live on five television channels, as well as Radio Television Hong Kong channels 1,3 and 5, Commercial Radio and Metro Plus.

The full text of his speech will be available on the Internet's World Wide Web at http://www.hongkong.org.

Copies of his speech in English and Chinese will be available to members of the public from 4 pm that day at all District Offices, the Government Publications Centre, Ground Floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, and the Marketing Office of Government Information Services on the 17th floor, Siu On Centre, 188 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai.

A Policy Address leaflet will also be available between 4 pm and 7 pm at seven Mass Transit Railway Stations at Admiralty, Tai Koo, Tsim Sha Tsui, Prince Edward, Tsuen Wan, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong, and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation's Kowloon Terminus and Kowloon Tong Station.

Members of the public can also collect the leaflet from temporary counters at Star Ferry Concourse in Central, footbridge behind General Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Bus Terminus. In the evening, Mr Patten will give a broadcast on radio and television on the main areas of his Policy Address.

On Thursday (October 12), the Governor will take questions from callers phoning in Radio 1 and 5's "Talkabout" and Radio 3's "Hong Kong Today" programmes from 7.45 am to 9 am. Phone-in numbers are 1872311 for the Chinese language and 2338 8266 for the English.