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MIPT: VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS,

THE RT HON SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, WILL VISIT HONG KONG ON OCTOBER

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12 TO BRING HIMSELF UP TO DATE AT FIRST HAND WITH DEVELOPMENTS

IN THE TERRITORY.

2. THIS WILL BE SIR GEOFFREY'S FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG SINCE DECEMBER 1984 WHEN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION WAS SIGNED.

3. SIR GEOFFREY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY HOWE, AND AMONG OFFICIALS IN HIS PARTY WILL BE THE ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, DR DAVID WILSON, AND SIR GEOFFREY'S PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR A C GALSWORTHY.

4. SIR GEOFFREY WILL FLY IN FROM LONDON AT 4.30 PM ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, AND WILL ATTEND A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.

5. IN THE EVENING, SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE WILL BE GUESTS AT DINNER AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING. THIS FUNCTION WILL BE HOSTED JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE

AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

6. THE NEXT MORNING, OCTOBER 12, SIR GEOFFREY WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE FORMER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES. HE WILL THEN DEPART FOR CHINA WHERE HE WILL BE THE MINISTER IN ATTENDANCE ON THE QUEEN DURING HER

STATE VISIT ON OCTOBER 12

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