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F.08

FRIDAY, JULY 1,

JULY 1, 1988

OF

YOU

ANNIE LAM: AS SIR DAVID WILSON HAS COMPLETED HIS FIRST YEAR SERVICE IN HONG KONG, CAN YOU COMMENT ON HIS PERFORMANCE. AND ARE COING TO ATTEND THE JLG OPENING CEREMONY RIGHT AFTER THIS PRESS CONFERENCE?

HAD LORD GLENARTHUR: SIR DAVID WILSON HAS

A MARVELLOUS YEAR SUPPORT HERE. HE HAS THE FULL CONFIDENCE AND FULL

OF HER MAJESTY'S WORK GOVERNMENT IN EVERY WAY AND I KNOW THAT HE THOROUGHLY ENJOYS THE

KONG THAT HE DOES HERE. HE HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE BOTH OF HONG

OF AND CHINA AND I KNOW THAT ALL HIS ENERGIES ARE TURNED

10 DEVELOPING THE IT. HE FUTURE OF HONG KONG IN THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE HAS OUR FULL SUPPOR. SO FAR AS THE JLG OPENING THIS EVENING CONCERNED,

I NO,

SHALL NOT BE AT THAT OPENING. IT IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL THAT I HAPPEN TO BE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.

IS

34TH ADD GIS 30

ANNIE LAM: YOU STILL HAVE PLENTY

30

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988

TIME BEFORE YOUR PLANE

LEAVES.

LORD GLENARTHUR: BUT I ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS AS WELL, THAT

I HAVE TO DO. PLENTY OF MEETINGS AND OTHER THINGS I HAVE TO DO BEFORE LEAVE HERE. AS I HAVE SAID, IT IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL THAT I HAPPEN TO BE HERE AT THE TIME. I THINK IT IS MUCH BETTER IF THE TWO LEADING LIGHTS IN THAT ORGANISATION, MR MCLAREN ON MY RIGHT, MR KE FROM CHINA, THAT THEY ARE THERE. THE GOVERNOR WILL BE THERE AS WELL. IT IS MUCH THEIR OCCASION, NOT MINE.

VERY

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDE

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