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UNCLASSIFIED

TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 1126 OF 7 NOVEMBER.

FOLLOWING FROM PS/MR. ROYLE.

1. THE HON SIR SIK-NIN CHAU HAS WRITTEN TO MR. ROYLE TO SAY THAT

HE WILL ARRIVE IN LONDON ON 12 NOVEMBER AND STAY FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK.

2. MR. ROYLE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A LUNCH FOR HIM ON THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD EXTEND THE INVITATION TO HIM AND CONFIRM THAT THIS DATE 13 ACCEPTABLE. WOULD YOU ALSO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY GUESTS HE WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO BE ASKED TO THE LUNCH.

DOUGLAS-HOME

Saturday, September 8, 1973

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HONG KONG TO ATTEND 19TH COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE

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Mr. P.C. Woo, Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative

Councils, left this (Saturday) morning to represent Hong Kong at the 19th

Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, which opens in

London on Wednesday (September 12).

The 10-day conference to be attended by Ministers and Members of

Parliament together with more than 200 secretaries to delegations from some

90 Commonwealth parliaments and legislatures.

A number of prominent Hong Kong residents, including Sir Sidney

Gordon and Lady Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Cheung, and Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Ann,

are expected to attend the opening ceremony.

It will be an occasion of special significance, being the first

Conference of Cormonwealth Parliamentarians since Britain's accession to

the European Economic Community.

A wide range of topics will be discussed including the future of

the Commonwealth and relations between member nations, as well as world

security, economic and social problens, monetary reforms, tourism, and protection

of the environment.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association provides the sole machinery

for regular consultation and exchange of information between Commonwealth..

parliamentarians. Its president is Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Secretary of State

for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

The Sucon will open the conference in Westminster Hall on Wednesday.

After the opening ceremony, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend

a reception in the Whitehall Banqueting House to be given by the General Council

of the Association. Senior Commonwealth Parliamentarians will be present.

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Saturday, September 8, 1973

PROMATION FOR SIXTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY

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Four popular Radio Hong Kong entertainers will sell government lottery

tickets at a temporary ticket selling booth at Statue Square on Monday (September 10) between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Taking part in the promotion campaign for the sixth government lottery

of the year will be Mr. Lau Yat-fan, Mr. Hung Tak-shing, Miss Kimmy Got

Kam-ching and Miss Catherina Tsang Lai chun.

At the same time, another group of artistes will give a 'live'

hour-long variety show and Cantonese opera on an open-air stage near the

ticket booth.

The winning numbers for this lottery will be drawn by the four

entertainers on September 15 at the City Hall Concert Hall.

By 12.00 noon today (Saturday) a total of 510,000 tickets had been

sold. Ticket sales will close at 9 p.m. on Friday (September 14) at tho

Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club ticket selling booth at the Star Ferry Concourse

and all Hong Kong and Yaunati Ferry piers.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send a reporter rn2/ photographer to cover the event on Monday afternoon at Statue Square at the corner opposite to the Chartered Bank and Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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