Director of Urban Services Hong Kong
5 March 1992
Dear Lord Caithness,
My colleagues and I were privileged to have been able to show you around the Museum of History yesterday. We hope you enjoyed the visit.
You enquired about books which contained a pictorial account of early Hong Kong. My curator has recommended two which I have pleasure in presenting.
Lord Caithness,
c/o Government House,
HONG KONG.
Yours respectfully,
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Director of Urban Services
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1. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A COPY OF LORD CAITHNESS'S MINUTE TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE OF 9 DECEMBER. MEANWHILE I AM GRATEFUL TO SIR
ROBIN MCLAREN FOR BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON HIS
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2 I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID ABOUT THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF
GUANGDONG PROVINCE IN COMMERCIAL TERMS. IT IS CLAIMED BY MANY
HERE TO BE THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE WORLD.
THEREFORE THE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES ARE LARGE AND ARE GROWING VERY
RAPIDLY. CLEARLY STAFF BASED IN GUANGZHOU WOULD BE BEST PLACED TO
ADVISE AND ENCOURAGE BRITISH EXPORTERS. THERE ARE ALSO THE PUBLIC SECTION DIMENSION AND THE COMMUNIST REGIME FACTORS: SO MANY COMMERCIAL OPENINGS REQUIRE CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL BUREAUCRACY AND THIS COULD BE BEST HANDLED BY THOSE WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS LANGUAGE (SEE PARA 6 BELOW).
3. THAT SAID I SHARE SIR ROBIN MCLAREN'S RESERVATIONS ON GROUNDS
OF DEPLOYMENT OF SCARCE RESOURCES ABOUT ANY EARLY MOVE TO OPEN A
POST IN GUANGZHOU. GUANGZHOU IS 95 MILES FROM HONG KONG, A TWO AND A HALF HOUR RAIL JOURNEY, AND WHEN GORDON WU'S HIGHWAY IS COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS IT WILL BE LESS BY ROAD. WE HAVE CLOSED A NUMBER OF SUBORDINATE POSTS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING SOME IN HIGH PRIORITY COMMERCIAL AREAS EG PHILADELPHIA, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED TOO CLOSE TO OTHER LARGE POSTS, AND SOME EG IBADAN, ONCE A NEW HIGHWAY PUT THEM MUCH