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FM SINGAPORE
TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
TELNO 003
OF 24083OZ SEPTEMBER 91
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TELNO OTTER 282: SINGAPORE/HONG KONG CONFERENCE.
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WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY HIGH LEVEL SINGAPORE/HONG KONG CONFERENCE
TAKING PLACE NEXT WEEK.
2. THERE HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN A NUMBER OF PRESS REPORTS HERE OF A CONFERENCE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SINGAPORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BOARD AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN HONG KONG ON 20
SEPTEMBER ENTITLED QUOTE SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG: GLOBALISATION THROUGH TWINNING UNQUOTE. ACCORDING TO THESE PRESS REPORTS, THE CONFERENCE WAS CHAIRED BY PROFESSOR TOMMY KOH, SINGAPORE'S AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES. IT WAS CO-SPONORED BY SINGAPOORE AIRLINES, THE BIG FOUR SINGAPORE BANKS AND THE HONG KONG BANK GROUP. THE SINGAPORE DELEGATION WAS JOINTLY LED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE YEO (MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND THE ARTS AND SECOND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS) AND LIM BOON HENG, SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY. THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WAS REPORTEDLY HEADED BY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR CHAU HAK HAY.
3. THE PRESS REPORTS ARE VAGUE ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE BUT SUGGEST THAT THE DISCUSSIONS COVERED SINGAPORE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG AND JOINT INVESTMENTS IN THIRD COUNTRIES. WE TOO SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GATHER.
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