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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 289
OF 301037Z JANUARY 92)
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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
MY SECOND MIPT: LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT TO HK: 16-22 FEBRUARY: VISION 2047
1. THE POLICY, OBJECTIVES AND LEADING PLAYERS OF VISION 2047 REMAIN AS STATED IN MY TELNO 2256 OF JULY 1991. ITS ACTIVITIES
SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN AS FOLLOWS:
(A) IT HAS PRODUCED A VIDEO 'HONG KONG/A PLACE IN THE PACIFIC CENTURY' TO COMPLEMENT ITS SLIDE PRESENTATION.
(B) IN HONG KONG, IT HAS MADE PRESENTATIONS ON HONG KONG TO TWO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS AS WELL AS TO MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY AND PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
(C) IT HAS ALSO HELD MEETINGS IN HONG KONG WITH SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS, BUSINESS DELEGATIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES, OFFICIALS (FROM UK, EUROPE, US AND JAPAN), ACADEMICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANISATIONS.
(D) OVERSEAS, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HAVE MADE PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS BODIES INCLUDING THE STRATHCLYDE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, AND THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE IN NEW YORK.
(E) IN AUGUST, THE GROUP MET VICE-GOVERNOR LU RUIHUA AND FORMER GOVERNOR YE XUANPING OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING IN ITS PROPOSED VISITOR PROGRAMME A VISIT TO SOUTHERN CHINA, WHICH WOULD REINFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT HONG KONG PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN CHINA'S CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT.
(F) THE GROUP IS HAVING ITS SLIDE PRESENTATION AND VIDEO TRANSLATED INTO CANTONESE FOR USE IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITIES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
2. IN 1992, THE GROUP PLANS TO:
(A) MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF ITS EXISTING ACTIVITIES.
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