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الاصيل
TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 504 OF 8TH MAY, 1973. INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS),
VISIT BY HEUNG YEE KUK TO U.K.
THE CHAMBER OF CHINESE TRADERS IN U.K. HAS INVITED THE
NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK TO VISIT BRITAIN DURING JUNE AND JULY. ALTHOUGH THIS VISIT IS NOT SPONSORED BY THE H.K. GOVERNMENT, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON HAS BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE THE
DELEGATION WITH ALL REASONABLE ASSISTANCE AND THE
DONT (MR D.C. BRAY), WHO WILL BE ON LEAVE IN U.K. AT THE TIME,
WILL BE ASKED TO ACCOMPANY THE DELEGATION WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND
APPROPRIATE. IT IS HOPED THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MR BRAY WITH APPROPRIATE FACILITIES
2.
THE DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK, MR CHAN YAT-SAN, AND WILL BE COMPRISED OF ABOUT TWENTY MEMBERS. IT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO LEAVE FOR LONDON ON 17 JUNE AND REMAIN
IN LONDON UNTIL 26 JUNE. DURING THIS PERIOD THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED WITH HOUSING, SEWAGE DISPOSAL, POLICE, STATE WELFARE, STATE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. AFTER 26TH
JUNE THE DELEGATION INTENDS TO PAY BRIEF VISITS TOLIVERPOOL
AND NEWCASTLE AND THEN GO ON A TOUR OF NINE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
INCLUDING HOLLAND, GERMANY AND BELGUIM, THEY WILL RETURN TO
LONDON ON 9 JULY AND FLY BACK TO HONG KONG ON 15 OR 16 JULY.
3.
THEY HAVE ASKED IN PARTICULAR IF THEY COULD MEET MR ANTHONY
ROYLE SOMETIME BETWEEN 19 AND 25 JUNE, AND IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED
IF THIS COULD BE ARRANGED.
M. Crowsne
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For advice
Ana Gomest
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KL.
9 MAY 1973
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