J
ні
Ú
- 2 -
PROPOSAL : A COPY IS ATTACHED AS APPENDIX I.
6.
"THE ECONOMIST" ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE CON –
FERENCE AND HAVE ANNOUNCED IT AS BEING IN THE PIPELINE.
7.
WE EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE TENTATIVE TITLE
AND MS BIEBER SUGGESTED THAT SOME SUBTITLE COULD BE ADDED,
EG "ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 80'S AND BEYOND".
SUBTITLING, SHE THOUGHT, WOULD BE USEFUL IN FOCUSSING ON
THE CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE, IE TO EXAMINE BUSINESS OPPORTUNIT-
IES IN HONG KONG AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF ITS FUTURE.
8.
MS BIEBER FLOATED THE IDEA THAT I MIGHT ACT AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE CONFERENCE OR ALTERNATIVELY GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS
OF 30 MINUTES. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, I AM NOT IN FAVOUR OF
EITHER PROPOSAL; AND ON REFLECTION, MS BIEBER HERSELF
RECKONED THAT WOULD GIVE THE CONFERENCE TOO MUCH OF AN
"OFFICIAL BIAS".
9. MY VIEW IS THAT IF I WERE TO TAKE PART AT ALL, THE
MOST APPROPRIATE ROLE WOULD BE AS A PANELIST WHERE I WOULD
BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS AND PRESENT THE HK POSITION SO
AS TO CORRECT ANY MISAPPREHENSIONS OR MISTAKES WHICH MAY
ARISE IN SPEECHES OR DISCUSSION.
10.
IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT I MAKE BRIEF INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS ON THE FIRST DAY TO ESTABLISH MY PRESENCE: THIS,
I THINK, COULD BE CONSIDERED.
11. MS BIEBER IS HOPEFUL THAT MIKE SANDBERG WILL AGREE TO
BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS. SHE ALSO INTENDS TO INVITE SIR
Y K KAN, WHOSE NAME CAME UP ALLEGEDLY THROUGH THE TDC NET.
OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE MARK SCHREIBER AND HUGH SANDEMAN
(WORLD BUSINESS EDITOR OF "THE ECONOMIST") : PROGRAMME
PROPOSAL REFERS. AS FOR SESSION V, SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
./THE