Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret,
Confidential.
DRAFT
SPEAKING NOTES
To:-
Mr Royle
Type 1 +
FROM
Telephone No. Ext.
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
C
In Confidence
Department
I am delighted to be able to welcome
representatives of the Urban Council to London.
(D
had originally hoped to arrange for your visit last
year but this was not possible because of the
reorganisation of the Council itself and of your
Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign.
and I see from
the Governor's speech to Legislative Council last week
how successful that vast and imaginative campaign
has been.) But we are more than glad to see you
here now and I do hope you will be able to derive
the maximum benefit from the varied programme of
visits and discussions which have been arranged for
you.
good
It is evident from the Governor's speech last
week that development plans for education, housing
social welfare, recreation and other amenities in
Hong Kong are going ahead at a commendable rate. I
have visited Hong Kong many times in the past and
over the last ten years I have seen it grow in
stature tremendously. It has now developed into a
great centre of industry, trade, communications,
finance and tourism. And at the same time, the
living conditions and standards of the people of
Hong Kong have markedly improved. We are living
in an age of increasing concern with the problems
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