Notifying Dept:-
HKIOD
Name of Minister Department Dates
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OUTWARD VISITS
Purpose of visit
and country
Is visit proposed? tentative? firm?
Sir G Howe
DTI
(Minister for Trade & Consumer Affairs)
2 days between 20 April & 3 May (probably
at end]
Hong Kong (for two days linked to longer visit to Japan) to discuss British exports to Hong Kong and Hong Kong trade matters.
firm
Mr Heseltine
DTI
(Minister
early April
Hong Kong (after visiting British Industrial Technology Exhibition in Peking).
firm
for
Aerospace)
Mr P Walker
S of State for Trade & Industry
early
Hong Kong (after visiting BITE in Peking).
tentative
April
Prime Minister
autumn
Hong Kong and China
tentative
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