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HONG KONG TELNO 2513: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LORD CAITHNESS
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1 THERE WILL CLEARLY BE COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE IN LORD CAITHNESS SEEING SOMETHING OF THE BRITISH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE IN HONG KONG OTHER THAN HIS MEETING WITH BUSINESSMEN OVER MY LUNCH.
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2 A VISIT TO THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION, AS PROPOSED BY LORD KADOORIE'S STAFF, WOULD SHOW AS IMPRESSIVE A DISPLAY OF BRITISH PLANT AS ANY AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG. ON THE OTHER HAND SINCE MR MAUDE WAS THERE IN APRIL THERE MIGHT BE A CASE FOR SEEING SOME OTHER BRITISH COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. THE FIRST NEI TURBINE GENERATOR IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF BEING INSTALLED AT LAMMA POWER STATION OF HONG KONG ELECTRIC. IT IS BEING PUT ALONGSIDE FIVE SIMILAR UNITS FROM MITSUBISHI, SO IT IS NOT THE SAME IMPRESSIVE LINE UP OF BRITISH EQUIPMENT AS CAN BE SEEN AT CASTLE PEAK, BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT BREAK THROUGH FOR NEI. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO SEE BABCOCK'S PLANT BEING INSTALLED BY THE GAS COMPANY, TOWN GAS, AT THE TAIPO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. THIS ESTATE ALREADY FEATURES IN THE DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD BE A VISIT TO A BRITISH FACTORY E.G. BAT (CIGARETTES) OR DE LA RUE (BANK NOTES).
3. A FURTHER SUGGESTION, NOT INCLUDED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DRAFT, IS A VISIT TO COLVIN HOUSE TO SEE THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED NEW CONSULATE GENERAL.
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