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TUNNEL, CONSTRUCTED IN PART BY GAMMON AND WITH EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY GEC, AND ALSO A MAJOR ROAD FLYOVER COMPLEX BEING BUILT BY THE BEAZER GROUP.
TRANSPORT
4. MR SAINSBURY VISITED MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS AND WAS SHOWN AROUND BY THE DIRECTOR. WHILE THERE HE ALSO VISITED THE METRO CAMMEL ASSEMBLY LINE FOR NEW ROLLING STOCK SUPPLIED FROM
UK. HE VISITED CATHAY PACIFIC AND THEIR ENGINEERING ARM HAECO. HE SAW A BRITISH AIRWAYS 747 BEING STRIPPED FOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL AND ALSO SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF THE POUNDS SIXTEEN MILLION REDIFFUSION 747 SIMULATOR. CATHAY SAID THEY WERE ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THE LATTER AND EXPECTED TO PLACE A SIMILAR ORDER
FOR THE AIRBUS 330 SIMULATOR SHORTLY.
RETAIL TRADE
5. MR AND MRS SAINSBURY OPENED THE NEW MULBERRY STORE IN THE HARBOUR CITY SHOPPING COMPLEX. IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT THAT
RECEIVED APPROPRIATE PUBLICITY. THEY ALSO VISITED MARKS AND SPENCER AND WERE BRIEFED ON THAT COMPANY'S SUCCESS IN HONG KONG SINCE OPENING THE FIRST STORE 3 YEARS AGO AND HEARD OF THEIR PLANS TO OPEN ANOTHER BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. THEY ALSO VISITED HABITAT, A UK STORE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DOING SO WELL.
BRITISH CHAMBER
6. MR SAINSBURY SPOKE TO AN AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 100 AT A BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH IN A WELL RECEIVED SPEECH DESCRIBING BRITISH TRADE AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER MADE CLEAR TO HIM THEIR CONCERNS AND APPREHENSIONS ABOUT THE BRITISH PASSPORTS PACKAGE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP BRITISH COMPANIES RETAIN THEIR KEY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
DISCUSSIONS WITH GOVERNMENT
7. MEETINGS WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AND WITH THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, JOHN CHAN, COVERED GENERAL ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES. DURING THE TALKS WITH JOHN CHAN VARIOUS TRADE POLICY ISSUES WERE RAISED. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THESE, ALTHOUGH THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY AT ONE POINT SUGGESTED THAT THE US AND EC COUNTRIES BORE THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR LACK OF AGREEMENT SO FAR ON THE URAGUAY ROUND.
MEDIA
8. THE VISIT ATTRACTED GOOD AND SYMPATHETIC MEDIA COVERAGE. A
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