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PARA 1 OF TUR: IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE, BUT BY NO MEANS ESSENTIAL, FOR MEMBERS' VISITING CARDS TO BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH ON ONE SIDE AND IN CHINESE ON THE OTHER.
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PARA 2 OF TUR: THERE ARE NO PARTICULAR LOCAL CUSTOMS ON WHICH THE MEMBERS WILL NEED DETAILED ADVANCE PREPARATION. BUT WE SUGGEST THAT THE MEMBERS MIGHT BE GIVEN COPIES OF THE BOOKLET
'GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA' PREPAREDBY RESEARCH DEPT., WHICH CONTAINS USEFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS WELL AS HINTS TO VISITORS ON SUCH THINGS AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUALITY, SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, REFERENCES TO
'CHINA' ETC. HAVE F E D BEEN CONSULTED ABOUT THIS ASPECT?
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PARA 3 OF TUR : WE WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON GIFTS ONCE WE KNOW WHO WILL RECEIVE THE DELEGATION. GENERALLY SPEAKING, GIFTS NEED NOT BE LAVISH : COFFEE TABLE BOOKS DEPICTING EG THE BRITISH COUNTRSIDE, LONDON, THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT ETC WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR SENIOR CHINESE INTERLOCUTORS AS WOULD GIFTS SUCH AS HOUSE OF COMMONS BLOTTERS, ASHTRAYS ETC. A SMALL SUPPLY OF MINOR ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSE OF COMMONS CRESTED BALL POINT PENS, KEYRINGS ETC WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE MORE JUNIOR CHINESE, EG INTERPRETERS, DRIVERS ETC.
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