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YRTELNO 25: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS TO HONG KONG: SPEECH TO BRITISH CHAMBER/BULLDOGS LUNCH
1. THIS IS TO BE LORD CAITHNESS' ONLY SPEECH IN HONG KONG AND I SUGGEST IT SHOULD HAVE A POLITICAL MORE THAN A COMMERCIAL EMPHASIS. THE CHAMBER MEMBERS I AM SURE WILL HOPE THAT THE FCO MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG WOULD SET OUT THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH THEY TRADE AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE AS 1997 APPROACHES.
2. LORD CAITHNESS MIGHT SEEK TO GIVE AS UPBEAT A STATEMENT AS POSSIBLE ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE, COVERING RELATIONS WITH CHINA, THE VALIDITY OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ETC., SPECIFICALLY TOUCHING UPON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES ON WHICH WE HAVE CONSULTED UKREP JLG).
-EMPHASISE THE NEED FOR CONTINUING CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA NOT ONLY AT THE DIPLOMATIC LEVEL BUT AT A LOCAL LEVEL. TOUCH ON THE
SETTING UP OF A SYSTEM OF LOCAL ADVISERS TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
-REPEAT HMG'S COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAMME OF DEMOCRATIC REFORM.
-MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SINO BRITISH MOU ON THE AIRPORT
AND ITS SUCCESS IN UNBLOCKING PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT. ALSO MENTION THE PROVISION IN THE MOU FOR BRITISH AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER TO MEET EVERY SIX MONTHS TO REVIEW (AMONGST OTHER
THINGS) PROGRESS ON HONG KONG ISSUES.
-UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK OF THE JLG IN ENSURING THE PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEMS OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROVISION OF ECONOMIC CONTINUITY ESSENTIAL TO LONG TERM PROSPERITY.
-RESTATE HMG'S POSITION ON THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL (AS YOU WILL KNOW, THE CHAMBER HAVE BEEN EXERCISED ABOUT THIS AND HAVE JUST
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