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HONG KONG TELNO 1163 TO YOU: GOVERNOR'S TRAVEL PLANS: MID 1993/94: AUSTRALIA
SUMMARY
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A VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE WELCOME: FEBRUARY 1994
LOOKS ALL RIGHT AT PRESENT.
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IN PARA 5 OF TUR THE GOVERNOR SOUGHT ADVICE ON THE SUGGESTION THAT HE SHOULD PAY HIS FIRST VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY ON 10-13 FEBRUARY.
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A VISIT BY THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE WELCOME. AUSTRALIA'S STAKE IN HONG KONG'S CONTINUING POLITICAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY IS CONSIDERABLE: THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE AUSTRALIANS WOULD OFFER GUEST OF GOVERNMENT STATUS, AS THEY DID FOR LORD WILSON IN MAY 1991. SENATOR EVANS AND OTHER SENIOR MINISTERS WOULD CERTAINLY WISH TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE GOVERNOR FOR TALKS. A GOOD PROGRAMME, INCLUDING SESSION WITH LEADING COMMERCIAL AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES COULD BE ARRANGED.
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ON TIMING, MID-FEBRUARY CURRENTLY LOOKS ALL RIGHT.
IT COULD PROVE INSPIRED, COMING SOME TWO WEEKS AFTER THE UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT CONFERENCE (MELBOURNE), TO WHICH MR HESELTINE WILL HAVE BROUGHT LEADING BRITISH BUSINESSMEN AND ONE OF WHOSE THEMES WILL BE JOINT VENTURES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
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