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LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: PRESS RELEASE
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A PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT COVERING LORD GLENARTHUR'S ASIAN TOUR
WILL BE ISSUED AT 1130 GMT ON 8 JUNE.
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2. WE HAVE PREPARED THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON HONG KONG FROM WHICH NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL DRAW AS NECCESARY:
BEGINS
AS PART OF HIS ASIA TOUR LORD GLENARTHUR, ACCOMPANIED
BY LADY GLENARTHUR, WILL PAY A VISIT TO HONG KONG FROM 29 JUNE TO 1 JULY.
3.
IT WILL BE THE MINISTER'S THIRD VISIT TO THE TERRITORY (INCLUDING ONE BRIEF TRANSIT VISIT IN FEBRUARY) SINCE HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG MATTERS LAST YEAR.
DURING HIS TWO AND A HALF DAY VISIT LORD GLENARTHUR WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE GOVERNOR, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. HE WILL MEET A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, INCLUDING BUSINESSMENT AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. THE MINISTER WILL VISIT TWO REFUGEE CAMPS. (HE WILL ALSO CALL ON THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND WILL TRAVEL ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM). DEFENSIVE
4.
LORD GLENARTHUR WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE OPENING OF THE
NEW JLG OFFICE IN HONG KONG ON 1 JULY. IT IS A COINCIDENCE THAT
HE WILL BE IN HONG KING ON THAT DAY AND THE EVENTS TO MARK THE
OCCASION WILL NOT REQUIRE THE PRESENCE OF A MINISTER.
5. THE VISIT WAS PLANNED EARLIER IN THE YEAR AS PART OF THE
MINISTERS ANNUAL TRAVEL PROGRAMME. THE VISIT IS THEREFORE NOT A FORMAL FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECENT VISIT MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ALTHOUGH THE MINISTER WILL NATURALLY BE COVERING SIMILAR GROUND. ENDS
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