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TELEGRAM NUMBER 971 OF 1 SEPTEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
FOR NO. 10 PRESS OFFICE
BERNARD INGHAM FROM BRAY, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS
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UK JOURNALISTS COVERING PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
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WHILST THE UK JOURNALISTS ARE HERE WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUAINT THEM WITH SOME ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S
FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN INDUSTRY
AND TRADE MATTERS. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY,
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO ARRANGE
BRIEFING OR ENTERTAINMENT. SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES WOULD SEEM TO
PRESENT THEMSELVES AS FOLLOWS:
DATE
SUNDAY EVENING 26/9
MONDAY MORNING 27/9
MONDAY LUNCH 27/9
MONDAY EVENING 27/9
SUGGESTED FORM
INFORMAL DINNER PARTY.
9.15 AM 11 AM BRIEFING SESSION AT GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
ASSUMING THAT MOST WOULD NOT WISH
TO WATCH PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN TV ROOM AT MANDARIN, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY OR MYSELF, COULD HOST SEPARATE LUNCH TO FINISH ABOUT 2.30 PM WELL IN TIME FOR PRESS
CONFERENCE.
FOLLOWING RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT
HOUSE AN INFORMAL DINNER.
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