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065344
MDLIAN 8080
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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 3
OF 190807Z JANUARY 93
INFO PRIORITY FCO
FROM WIGGHAM (VISITING)
HKA 016/1 ECEIVED IN
20 JAN 1993
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CHINESE STUDIES COURSE FOR HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANTS IN PEKING
1. I MET WANG FENGCHAO OF THE STATE COUNCIL'S HKMO ON 17 JANUARY, AND THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR STAFF OF QINGHUA UNIVERSITY ON 18 JANUARY.
2. WANG REITERATED THAT CHINA HOPED TO SEE ALL CIVIL SERVANTS CONTINUE TO SERVE HONG KONG AFTER 1997. HE PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CHINESE STUDIES COURSE FOR HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANTS BUT EMPHASISED THAT DETAILED PROPOSALS MUST COME FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH QINGHUA UNIVERSITY DIRECT. HKMO STATE COUNCIL AND NCNA WOULD ASSIST ON THE SIDE.
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THERE WAS A CLEAR SIGN OF ENTHUSIASM ON THE PART OF QINGHUA UNIVERSITY AND A WILLINGNESS TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ACCOMMODATING ABOUT OUR REQUIREMENTS. THE TEAM WHICH HAS BEEN PUT IN CHARGE IS ANXIOUS TO MAKE THE COURSE A SUCCESS. TO ASSIST THEM IN FINDING THE RIGHT FOCUS IN DESIGNING THE CURRICULUM, THEY HAVE SUGGESTED A VISIT TO HONG KONG TO MEET POTENTIAL COURSE MEMBERS AND TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEMS IN HONG KONG.
4. I SHALL SIGN A LETTER OF INTENT (TEXT IN MIFT) WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF QINGHUA UNIVERSITY IN THE MORNING OF 20 JANUARY. THE AIM IS TO BEGIN THE FIRST COURSE IN JULY 1993. DETAILS REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COURSE WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO IN DUE COURSE.
5. AS REGARDS PUBLICITY, I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY REPORTERS FROM HONG KONG AND HAVE SAID AS LITTLE AS I CAN POSSIBLY GET AWAY WITH. THE HKMO SAID IT WOULD NOT ISSUE ANY PRESS STATEMENT ON THE SIGNING OF THE LETTER OF INTENT AND I WANT TO KEEP THE PRECIOUS LITTLE THAT REMAINS TO BE SAID ON THE SUBJECT ON MY RETURN TO HONG KONG.
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