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VISIT OF SIR JAMES CLEMINSON, CHAIRMAN OF BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD
SUMMARY
1. SIR JAMES CLEMINSON VISITED HONG KONG FROM 30 SEPTEMBER TO 3
OCTOBER. HE CARRIED OUT A FULL PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDED VISITS TO
BRITISH COMPANIES AND TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. ON 2 OCTOBER HE VISITED THE SHEKOU INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
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2. DUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL DELAY TO THEIR FLIGHT SIR JAMES AND LADY
CLEMINSON ARRIVED ON 30 SEPTEMBER RATHER THAN 29 SEPTEMBER AS PLANNED. SINCE IT WAS A WEEKEND THIS INVOLVED NO SIGNIFICANT
DISRUPTION TO THEIR PROGRAMME.
3. ON 30 SEPTEMBER THEY ATTENDED THE LIGHTING UP CEREMONY OF HONG
KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY'S CELEBRATION OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE DINNER WHICH FOLLOWED. THESE EVENTS ENABLED SIR J CLEMINSON TO MEET A NUMBER OF THE LEADING FIGURES IN HONG KONG, AND SOME IMPORTANT VISITORS INCLUDING BOTH THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF NEI HERE ESPECIALLY FOR THE EVENT. ON 1 OCT THE CHAIRMAN OF BOTB VISITED RIGGS BANK, HE CALLED ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND AT A MEETING WITH MRS ANSON CHAN, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS GENERAL ECONOMIC AND TRADE PROSPECTS IN HONG KONG. HE ALSO VISITED THE HONG KONG FACTORY OF BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO, A MAJOR SUCCESS STORY AMONG BRITISH MANUFACTURERS IN HONG KONG WHOSE PLANT INCORPORATES SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF BRITISH MACHINERY. AT A CALL ON JOHN CHAN, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, VARIOUS TRADE POLICY ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED WITH SUBSTANTIAL AGREEMENT ON BOTH SIDES.
4. ON 2 OCTOBER A VISIT INTO CHINA, TO SHEKOU INDUSTRIAL ZONE, ABOUT AN HOURS FERRY RIDE FROM THE CENTRE OF HONG KONG, ENABLED HIM TO VISIT THE NEWLY COMPLETED AND ALREADY PROFITABLE UNITED BISCUITS FACTORY AND TO MEET WITH ANOTHER BRITISH COMPANY, RACAL
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