IN CONFIDENCE
WANG JIANXING
王建
), DIVISION CHIEF
Takes prime responsibility for administration of Governor's
visits and BL-related meetings. Appears to have no policy
function. Married to a Scandinavian expert at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and has served in
Scandinavian countries. Hopes to be posted back to
Sweden.
A Shanghainese with an idiosyncratic, almost surreal sense
of humour who speaks good, often idiomatic, English and
Danish and likes Western classical music.
WANG WENQUAN
(注文
(I Ź $ ), FIRST SECRETARY
Appointed to the HKMAO in February 1989. Previously served
in Tibet (as an interpreter), Somalia (with Lin Zhiying),
Ethiopia and as a linguistic expert at the UN in Geneva.
A big, round-faced Shanghainese with an open, friendly
manner and pleasant sense of humour: but has not given
much sign so far of depth or independence. Speaks good
English.
Mme HE WEI
), SECOND SECRETARY
A quiet, nervous woman with reasonable, but limited English.
Seems to deal only with fairly low level administration.
LI YIJIAN
(
), STAFF MEMBER
A friendly man who appears slightly reserved, but this is
probably due to a (not altogether justified) lack of
confidence in his English. Legally trained and older than
the other "youngsters" (mid/late thirties) he seems
be the Division's dogsbody.
IN CONFIDENCE