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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3732 OF 7 DECEMBER
YOUR TELNO 2437: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: BRIEFING.
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1. BRIEF NOTES ON THE FIVE PERSONALITIES INVITED TO THE DINNER
AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR DENNIS H.S. TING (REPLACING MR H.C. TANG): CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN, FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KADER INDUSTRIAL CO LTD (A TOY FACTORY). RECEIVED UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN U.S.A. ATTENDED HARVARD
BUSINESS SCHOOL. PREVIOUSLY CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION: CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG SHIPPERS'
COUNCIL: MEMBER, SECURITIES COMMISSION: AND COMMITTEE MEMBER,
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD. A LEADING INDUSTRIALIST. MET THE
PRIME MINISTER ON HER LAST VISIT.
MR JACK C.C. TANG:
CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CHAIRMAN, SOUTH SEA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CO LTD. DIRECTOR OF
BANK OF CANTON. AGED 57. EDUCATED AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY AND HARVARD. VERY INFLUENTIAL INTEXTILES CIRCLE.
MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.
MR WOO HON FAI:
CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE. MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF LEE HING INVESTMENT CO LTD. DIRECTOR OF SEVERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT
COMPANIES. PRESIDENT, GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY. CHAIRMAN,
KAM NGAN STOCK EXCHANGE. AGED 62. MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING
HER LAST VISIT.
MR NGÀI SHU-KIT:
CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
CHAIRMAN OF EURASIA ENGINEERING CORPORATION AND A NUMBER OF
DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES. AGED 60. MEMBER OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
COUNCIL AND HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. MET THE PRIME
MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.
MR ROBIN HUTCHEON:
EDITOR, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. BORN IN SHANGHAI. AN
AUSTRALIAN. PREVIOUSLY WITH SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. CAME TO
HONG KONG IN 1953 TO JOIN CHINA MAIL. (EDITOR 1957-62).
JOINED SCMP IN 1962 AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR. APPOINTED EDITOR IN
1967. MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.
2. WE CHALL TELEGRAPH CV'S OF THOSE WHO MIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY BE
ADDED TO THE DINNER.
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