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YRTELNO 667: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
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070441 MDLIAN 2181
1. WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE VISIT DEPENDS GREATLY ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME LORD CAITHNESS WILL HAVE AVAILABLE. THE CORE ELEMENTS OF A PROGRAMME WOULD NORMALLY BE MEETINGS WITH MYSELF AND SENIOR OFFICIALS, EXCO AND OMELCO. MEETINGS WITH PETER HEAP, TONY GALSWORTHY AND PERHAPS JOHN GERSON WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL.
2. I WOULD LIKE TO HOST A DINNER FOR LORD CAITHNESS. OMELCO WOULD
DOUBTLESS WISH TO DO ONE TOO. OTHER POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE DRINKS WITH CONSERVATIVES ABROAD, WHO ARE BOUND TO ASK, AND SOME FORM OF COMMUNITY LUNCH AT WHICH LORD CAITHNESS COULD GIVE A SPEECH. HE MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO CONSIDER AN INFORMAL MEAL WITH A
SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND ACADEMICS FOR THE TYPE OF
DISCUSSION HE RECENTLY HELD IN LONDON.
3. A DISTRICT VISIT WOULD OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WALKABOUT.
LORD CAITHNESS HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN TO DISTRICTS IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES. A VISIT IN THE URBAN AREA WOULD MAKE A CHANGE. WONG
TAI SIN DISTRICT CONTAINS AN INTERESTING MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW
PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL AS THE APPROACHES TO THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, WHICH WILL THEN HAVE JUST OPENED. HE MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO CONSIDER A BRIEF WALKABOUT IN THE NEW HONG KONG PARK WHICH OPENS IN MAY.
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A VISIT TO A VIETNAMESE DETENTION CENTRE SHOULD PROBABLY BE INCLUDED, PARTICULARLY IF ARRIVALS ARE UP. I SUGGEST THE CENTRE AT SEK KONG, WHICH LORD CAITHNESS HAS NOT YET VISITED.
5. IF TIME ALLOWS, LORD CAITHNESS MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO VISIT A PRISON AND/OR A YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION. PIK UK PRISON IS MODERN AND CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF BOTH.
6. MEDIA INTEREST IN THE VISIT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED SOMEHOW. A SPEECH WOULD CERTAINLY HELP. THIS COULD BE SUPPLEMENTED BY BRIEFINGS FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS EDITORS, AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH WORKED WELL DURING THE LAST VISIT. WHETHER OR NOT TO HOLD A PRESS
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