CONFIDENTIAL
126731
MDHIAN 5264
TO PROCEED ON THIS BASIS:
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ANGLO HONG KONG TRUST WE ARE ASKING SPURRIER TO
INCLUDE DAVID TANG IN THE BREAKFAST FOR 19 SEPTEMBER:
(E) IF THE TAIKOO SHING VISIT IS RETAINED WE RECOMMEND THAT MEETINGS WITH PRESSURE GROUPS START AT 14.30 ON 18 SEPTEMBER AS PROPOSED. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE MINISTER SEE THE PRESSURE
GROUPS IN TWO SESSIONS. THE FIRST AT 14.30 WOULD COMPRISE ONE
REPRESENTATIVE EACH OF THE HK PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE REFORM CLUB, THE HK FOUNDATION, THE RIGHT OF ABODE DELEGATION AND THE NEW HK ALLIANCE. THE SECOND, AT 1700, WOULD COMPRISE ONE REPRESENTATIVE EACH OF MEETING POINT, THE HK AFFAIRS SOCIETY, SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANISATION, HK CHRISTIAN INDUSTRIAL, COMMITTEE, THE HK ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD, HK PEOPLE SAVING HK, THE HK FEDERATION OF EDUCATION WORKERS, THE HK FEDERATION OF STUDENTS AND THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR THE PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT. THE LOGIC OF THESE GROUPINGS IS THAT THE FIRST SESSION WOULD BE WITH THE MORE MODERATE/CONSERVATIVE GROUPS. THE
SECOND WOULD BE WITH THE MORE RADICAL GROUPS. THE ALTERNATIVE OF
SEEING A SERIES OF PRESSURE GROUPS ONE BY ONE SEEMS TO US TIME-
CONSUMING AND REPETITIVE AND UNLIKELY TO ACHIEVE A BETTER DIALOGUE:
(F) A MEETING WITH CIVIL SERVICE UNION LEADERS IS A GOOD IDEA.
WE PROPOSE TO INCLUDE THIS ACCORDINGLY:
(G) ONE ADDITIONAL POINT. WOULD THE MINISTER WISH TO HAVE
ANYBODY FROM THE HKG ACCOMPANY HIM TO MEET MR. VAN LEEUWEN
(UNHCR). AT THE MOMENT WE ARE PLANNING WITHOUT BUT CAN OF
COURSE ALTER THIS IF THE MINISTER WISHES.
2. ALL THE ABOVE POINTS AND SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMINGS
ARE INCORPORATED IN THE REVISED OUTLINE PROGRAMME IN MIFT.
3.
TIME IS NOW SHORT TO SET ARRANGEMENTS IN HAND. GRATEFUL FOR
CONFIRMATION THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED ON THE ABOVE LINES AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
WILSON
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