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EN CLAIR
FM HONG KONG 2706457
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REGISTRY NO. 51
27 APR 1977
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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 414 OF 27 APRIL INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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THE FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST TODAY.
''LONDON, APR. 26. THERE WILL BE DIRECT AND REGULAR CONTACTS IN FUTURE BETWEEN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND WHITEHALL TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY'S PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS. THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND STRIKING SUCCESS TO EMERGE FROM THE MEETING TODAY AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN LONDON BETWEEN THE SIX-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM
THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE,
LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.
THIS PROMISE OF MORE CONSTANT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE NEW TERRITORIES
AND WHITEHALL IS REGARDED BY THE LEADER OF THE DEPUTATION, MR. CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, AND HIS COLLEAGUES AS A ''MOST SATISFACTORY AND IMPORTANT ADVANCE,'' MR. CHEUNG TOLD THE S.C.M. POST.
THE LABOUR MEMBEP OF PARLIAMENT FOR LIVERPOOL, MR. ROBERT PARRY, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE DEPUTATION AS THE RECOGNISED SPOKESMAN FOR CHINESE COMMUNITIES ALL OVER BRITTAIN SAID: "71 WAS VERY IMPRESSED
I BY THE CORDIAL RECEPTION THE DELEGATION RECEIVED AND THE DEEP INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING THE MINISTER SHOWED. THE MINISTER HAS AGREED THAT AND MY FRIENDS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT ANY TIME."'
THE SECRETARY OF THE DELEGATION MR. YEUNG SHIU-CHO, SAID: "WE HAVE
SUCCEEDED IN SETTING UP A VERY WELCOME BASIS FOR VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUTURE BETWEEN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING AND
DEALING WITH ALL OUR PROBLEMS.''
/FOUR MAIN
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