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DATE: 20 October 1986
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Dr Wilson
HONG KONG: INWARD INVESTMENT AND PASSPORTS
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Hong Kong telno 3224 records the Governor's over the views of Mr Peter Morrison, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, on the appropriate level of activity by
HMG to attract inward investment from Hong Kong and on the
related question of whether British passports should be granted to potential investors.
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recommend that Mr Renton speaks informally to Mr
Morrison to stress the sensitivity of these issues. submit brief points which might be made to Mr Morrison.
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During his recent visit to Hong Kong Mr Morrison spoke
to the Governor about what he described as "FCO efforts to
dissuade the DTI from attracting Hong Kong business and investment to the UK. He said he saw no harm in attracting to the UK Hong Kong investors who were anyway planning to invest in Europe or in giving British passports to those who by investment in the UK created jobs.
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