GPS200
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 090920Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3436 OF 09 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON REKI
135
MIPT. VISIT BY GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF UMELCO.
026/11
RECEIVED IN HEMISTRY
12 NOV 1984
DECK OFFICES
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF UMELCO PRESS STATEMENT
BEGINS
''THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF UMELCO, SIR S Y CHUNG, ANNOUNCED THAT A UMELCO DELEGATION WILL VISIT LONDON (FOLLOWING THIRTEEN WORDS UNDERLINED) EARLY IN DECEMBER TO MEET MINISTERS, MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES AND THE MEDIA AND (FOLLOWING FIVE WORDS UNDERLINED) TO ATTEND THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON THE FUTURE
OF HONG KONG.
SIR S Y SAID THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF UMELCO FOUND THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY COMMENDED IT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THIS VIEW WILL BE CONVEYED TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT, VIEWS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOME POINTS OF DETAIL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT. SIR S Y SAID THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT RELEVANT AUTHORITIES ARE AWARE OF THESE POINTS AND ALTERNATIVES AND TAKE THEM INTO ACCOUNT.
SIR S Y CHUNG AND THE HON R LOBO WILL LEAD THE DELEGATION. OTHER MEMBERS ARE: THE HON LYDIA DUNN, THE HON O W LEE, THE HON MARIA TAM, THE HON ALLEN LEE, THE HON ANDREW SO, THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE HON SALINA CHOW, THE HON CHAN YING-LUN, THE HON RITA FAN, AND THE HON PETER POON.''
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT. LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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