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Visit by Sir Peter Baldwin KCB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Transport (on way to and from China). Private visit by the Rt Hon Lord George-Brown. Governor opens H K Trade Development Council office in Panama City

Hearings by the Air Transport Licensing Authority open on proposed new air services between Hong Kong and London

Visit by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Terence Lewin GCB MVO DSC

Acting Governor gives tea to Mr Xi Zhongxun, Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Revolutionary Committee (passing through Hong Kong on a visit to New South Wales). The first occasion since 1949 when the 'Governor' of Guangdong has visited Govern- ment House

Government accepts Report of Standing Committee on Salaries and Conditions of Service

Visit by Sir Edwin Bramall, GCB, OBE, MC, Chief of the General Staff

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Visit by Minister of Overseas Development, Mr Neil Marten, MP

Informal visit by Mr Xi Zhongxun, Chairman, Guangdong Provincial Revolutionary Committee (discussion with Acting Governor on 7 December and dinner given by Acting Governor on 10 December)

Non-industrial site in Tsimshatsui sold for HK$260 million - a record level of HK$173,000 per sq m

Report published of the Advisory Committee on

Diversification

First Cathay Pacific Airways passenger charter flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai

Hang Seng Index closes at 879.38, a 78% increase since 1 January