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IT IS PART OF THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF THE BILATERAL
RELATIONSHIP.
IT FOLLOWS THE MINISTERIAL VISITS TO CHINA BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN APRIL, AND THE PRIME MINISTER IN SEPTEMBER.
(VIII) VISIT TO HONG KONG IN RESPONSE TO ROW OVER COURT OF
FINAL APPEAL?
NO. VISIT ONE OF THE REGULAR PATTERN OF VISITS MADE BY LORD
CAITHNESS TO THE TERRITORY.
(IX) WILL HE DISCUSS CFA IN PEKING?
VISIT IS NOT PRIMARILY TO DISCUSS HONG KONG ISSUES, BUT NO DOUBT A NUMBER OF MATTERS RELATING TO HONG KONG WILL BE DISCUSSED.
(X) WILL THE MINISTER MEET MR MARTIN LEE (OR OTHER UDHK
REPRESENTATIVES)?
THE MINISTER IS DUE TO MEET ALL THE MEMBERS OF LEGCO.
(XI)
WILL THE MINISTER BE ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT TO PEKING BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF HKG?
THIS IS NOT NECESSARY.
THE VISIT HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH HKG. APART FROM THE MINISTER'S PRIVATE SECRETARY THE ONLY ACCOMPANYING OFFICIAL WILL BE THE HEAD OF FED.
DEMOCRACY
(XII) WILL LORD CAITHNESS BE PRESSING THE CHINESE FOR MORE
DIRECTLY-ELECTED SEATS IN LEGCO?
THE MAIN FOCUS OF VISIT WILL BE CHINA-RELATED BUSINESS.
THE PRIME MINISTER TOLD LI PENG DURING HIS VISIT TO PEKING IN SEPTEMBER THAT WE WOULD WANT, IN DUE COURSE, TO DISCUSS WITH THEM ALL THE ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE 1955 LEGCO ELECTIONS.
MINISTERS HAV MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE INTEND TO TALK TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE PACE OF DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG WHEN WE JUDGE THE TIME IS RIGHT.
LORD CAITHNESS WILL NOT BE RAISING THE MATTER ON THIS OCCASION.
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