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050102 MDHIAN 5823
OPEN THE OPTION OF MR. PATTEN GOING TO FANLING FOR THE WEEKEND. 12.00 ON 11 JULY WOULD BE A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE.
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THE PRESENT GOVERNOR INSTITUTED A CHINA POLICY COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS MONTHLY FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON RELATIONS WITH CHINA. IT INCLUDES MICHAEL SZE, WILLIAM EHRMAN AND TONY GALSWORTHY AS WELL AS THE CHIEF SECRETARY, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HEAD/CPU AND INFORMATION CO-ORDINATOR. WE SUGGEST THAT A MEETING OF THE CPC BE ARRANGED FOR MR. PATTEN'S FIRST WEEK, PERHAPS ON 16 JULY INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED GOVERNOR'S SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING. THIS WOULD ALLOW A GOOD DISCUSSION ON CHINA POLICY WITH ALL THE KEY PLAYERS PRESENT. IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO RETAIN THE SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MICHAEL SZE, WILLIAM EHRMAN AND TONY GALSWORTHY LATER IN THE PROGRAMME SO THAT MR. PATTEN CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM SEPARATELY OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK.
(D) WE NOTE MR. PATTEN'S WISH TO HAVE A REGULAR MEAL AT THE PREMISES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENDEAVOURS. THESE FALL INTO TWO DISTINCT CATEGORIES: LARGE INDIVIDUAL FIRMS SUCH AS THE HONG KONG BANK, JARDINES, SWIRE AND CHEUNG KONG (K.S. LI) AND ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, WHERE MR. PATTEN WOULD MEET A LARGER CROSS-SECTION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE SUGGEST INCLUDING IN THE FIRST MONTH A LUNCH WITH THE BOARD OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK AND ONE WITH THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AT WHICH MR. PATTEN COULD GIVE A SPEECH IF HE WISHED). WE WILL GIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO A LIST OF OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THIS PROGRAMME.
(E) I HAVE NOW INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME MEETINGS WITH SIR S.Y. CHUNG, LORD KADOORIE AND SIR Q.W. LEE, WHO IS ALSO A VERY MUCH A QUOTE WISE ELDER UNQUOTE. SIR RUN RUN SHAW IS NOT WELL AT PRESENT, SO MIGHT PERHAPS BE BEST LEFT UNTIL LATER. ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.
(F) WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING A PROGRAMME OF DISTRICT VISITS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. OUR STANDARD FORMAT FOR THESE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN A TOUR OF SELECTED POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT, FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION WITH MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD DURING WHICH MR. PATTEN WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LOCAL ISSUES, AND FINALLY A SHORT STAND-UP MEETING WITH THE MEDIA. WE CAN DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DETAILS WITH MR. PATTEN AFTER HIS ARRIVAL.
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