ANNEX'A
DISCUSSION PAPER
STC
KONG: IDEAS FOR DRAFT OVERALL OBJECTIVES
la Priority Order:
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Build an atmosphere of trust ith the Hong Kong authorities at all levels and in all departments relevant to British commercial .nterest. In particular, get to know and work with the new genèr- ition of Chinese senior administrators.
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ON NEW Review-the-prospects for Building up the British Chamber as a service to businessmen: draw the demarcation line between what they and BTC should best do, with the aim of maximising their
revenue and minimising our costs.
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etc.
BTC.
Improve the efficiency of the
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we would apply anywhere in the world.
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First need is for a sophisticated set of
personality notes, with input from all staff.
CONSULATE - GENERAL : STAFF, FUNCTION AN BUILDING. (FLO TO DRAF - We should preferably propose giving maximum support to the Chamber for a trial period of one year on condition we can agree the terms. This will have to be approved by the Hongs and other major British interests.
We shall need a man within the Chamber. It will not be invigorated by the present Secretariat.
- The anomaly of having the STC on the executive board must be resolved. We should be separate organisations working closely together in private.
Build up their China expertise.
Settle whether they will be in the new building: ENSURE THEY
PROPERLY
CO-LOCATED -
Bring on stream our IT system (FOCUS) which has not worked for over a year.
Tidy it up. Plans have been agreed and a bid for modest funds discussed with OED.
- Introduce Citizens' Charter concepts.
- Make MO fully responsible for all management matters.
- Promote team-work; devolve routine tasks; set clear priorities and encourage ideas to emerge upwards.
A staffing policy is
essential (see second annex).
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Monitor demand to see if we are attracting more customers and meeting their needs.
- Cut the tide of paper.. Archivist now given responsib- ility for all paper-handling in the BTC.
Project work
define DTI needs Hore precisely and ways we can meet them.
Agree aims of the renewed
Agree
HK action groups.
Establish a staffing policy
in the light of the above.
8. AGREE
PROGRAMME
9.
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COMPREHENSIVE
Sort opt Estate policy.
sort opt
COUNCIL
Up-dating of PADS
information to agreed target deadlines: New project lists: far shorter, renewed each quarter; set up priorities agreed with DTI; not to include PADS.
- Cut down unnecessary distribution of telegrams containing commercially sensitive information.
Be clear about channels, ie what DTI need to know and what should go direct to companies.
- Get new Chairman out with Minister
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UK.
made.
Focus their activity on the
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- Main priority the invisibles sector. (Work has begun heze on discovering where we are today on invisibles, a first step to deciding where we want to go).
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Priority must go to building up LE base arguments of cost, localisation, contin- uity, China market etc.
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Argue for (a) new Consulate- .. (General) in Canton, (3)
abolition of CTU
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See Annex B
Define our role ia planning of the new Consulate-General. (Current objectives give us "central role" in that
exercise
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that has not, and could not happen). Little work has been done here on the operational needs of the building post 96 - or if the work has been done I have yet to locate the people who da
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to craft.
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Work for a more sophisticated information output.
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Build up contacts and information on Macao.
Argue for a better balance of owned properties.
Abandon hope of obtaining the General's house for the post 97 C-G- wrong image (old Colonial), Chinese won't agree, high cost of maintenance.
- In due course, consider moving out of Albany Penthouse.
This is a world-class market and fast emerging as à media capital (the Star/BBC link-up covers half the world). # " TO project an image of Britain as a revitalised, high technology economy" (p. o. 4) is fine for Tonga or Chad but entirely inadequate here.
- p. o. 7 ("To ensure that HMG' & policies across the board are given the best possible presentation in Hong Kong") is a misleading description of what is essentially a
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spokesman role of the SIO not a general BTC function. The STC should not pretend to have that function.
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The British Chamber' s information role should be encouraged to the extent that it responds to the daily needs of British business, ie facts not propaganda. (Much more difficult).
Especially in relation to the new Macao airport and regional aviation needs.
the
* Footnote:
the above is drafted on
profile" policy has been abandoned.
assumption that the "high
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