RESTRICTED
RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG AND REITERATED HIS FAITH IN HONG KONG
PEOPLE GOVERNING HONG KONG. HE SAID THAT SINCE MOST OF HONG KONG'S CIVIL SERVANTS WERE LOCAL PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE ACTUAL ADMINIS-
TRATION OF THE TERRITORY THERE WAS NO REASON WHY HONG KONG PEOPLE
SHOULD NOT BE WILLING AND COMPETENT TO ADMINISTER THEMSELVES.
4. MOST PAPERS GAVE PROMINENT COVERAGE OF BUT LITTLE COMMENT ON THE ARRIVAL MIN HONG KONG OF MR ROBERT ADLEY MP, CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-CHINA PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
5. QUOTHING **INFORMAL SOURCES IN PEKING THE EXPRESS (INDEPENDENT) SAND THAT THE 40 YEAR OLD SON OF LIAO CHENGZHN, LAO FER, HAD BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE STATE COUNCIL'S OVERSEAS CHINESE AFFAIRS OFFICE.
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
HD/HKD
ED/FED
COPIES TO: (VIA DISTR. ROOM)
SIR PHILIP MOORE BUCKINGHAM PALACE PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
ED/PLANNING STAFF
ED/PUSD
D/HD/PUSD(R FLOWER)
RESEARCH DEPT(MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGET
२
RESTRICTED
INDUSTRY
COPIES TO:
(VIA ADR)
NEWS DEPT
MR ROBERTS
MR. BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST
SIR A PARSONS
MR MARTIN
ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE MR BRENNAN
PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE
PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
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