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MORNING

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1993

LAN KWAI FONG INQUIRY

OUTLINE OF WORK DONE ON WEDNESDAY,

(JANUARY 6) UP TO 4.30 PM

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1. INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.

2. STUDYING HOSPITAL RECORDS.

3. STUDYING PHOTOGRAPHS.

4. CORRESPONDENCE.

AFTERNOON

5. VISIT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.

6. MEETING POLICE REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED

BY THE FORCE.

USA TO BE BRIEFED ON MFN IMPACT ON HK

THE GOVERNMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO ENSURE CASE FOR UNCONDITIONAL RENEWAL OF CHINA'S MOST-FAVOURED-NATION STATUS IS VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR TH CHAU, SAID TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).

THAT THE

(MFN) SECRETARY

OF

SAID U.S.

SPEAKING AT AN ANNUAL DINNER OF THE TOYS COUNCIL, MR CHAU THE ACTION

PATIENT WOULD INCLUDE

AND CAREFUL BRIEFING POLITICIANS, OFFICIALS AND OPINION-FORMERS.

WRONG ISSUES.

HE STRESSED THAT WITHDRAWAL OR CONDITIONING OF TOOL TO DEAL WITH U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL

MFN WAS THE OR NON-TRADE

-

HONG

"IT

TS A HEAVY AND BLUNT INSTRUMENT WHOSE USE WOULD HARM

MOST THOSE KONG AS WELL AS CHINA AND WITHIN CHINA, WOULD DAMAGE

AND IN REGIONS WHICH ARE FURTHEST AHEAD IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC REFORM WHICH HONG KONG ENTREPRENEURS HAVE MADE VERY SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS, HE SAID.

NOTING THAT SOME COMMENTATORS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT TREND TOWARDS OFF-SHORE PRODUCTION AND THE FUTURE OF WHAT THEY SEE A "HOLLOWED OUT" SEGMENT OF THE TOY INDUSTRY, MR CHAU SAID HE SAW TREND IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

THE

AS

THE

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