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TELELETTER

FROM: CHRISTIAN ADAMS, SENIOR TRADE COMMISSIONER, HONG KONG

FILE REF: ECO 353/7

TO: MISS JEAN SMITH, PCCU, FCO

YOUR TEL 228 TO SINGAPORE

DATED 3 DECEMBER 1982

VISIT TO HONG KONG OF THE GELECT COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY AND TRADE.

THE COMMITTEE VISITED HONG KONG FROM SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER

TO THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER.

IN PRACTICE THEY HAD ONLY ONE AND HALF WORKING DAYS AND WE GAVE THEM A BUSY AND SOMEWHAT BREATHLESS TIME.

2. WE ORGANISED THE. PROGRAMME BUT INVOLVED THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT AT AN EARLY STAGE. THE COMMITTEE'S VISITING TIME WAS

DIVIDED BETWEEN HONG KONG COVERNMENT AFFAIRS (VISIT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE TAIPO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE) AND VISIBLE BRITISH CXPORTS LIKE THE MTR, KCR AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. IN OUR DTC BRICFING WE WERE ABLE TO DESCRIDE THE GOVERNMENT EXPORT EFFORT HERE AND WITH BILL DORWARD, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, DILATERAL ISSUES LIKE THE MFA ABSURDED MOST OF THE TIME. WE ALSO

GAVE A DINNER FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO MEET A CROSS-SECTION

OF HONG KONG INTERESTS AND PERSONALITIES AS WELL AS BRITISH

BUSINESSMEN, THE MPS WERE ON SPARKLING FORM AND IT TURNED INTO

A LIVELY AND ENTERTAINING EVENING.

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