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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 548 OF 30 MAY
INFO BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS) UKMIS GENEVA (FOR MILLS) AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).
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WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT A DELEGATION CONSISTING OF THE CHAIRMEN OF LEADING TEXTIE AND GARMENT ASSOCIATIONS IN HONG KONG, APPROXIMATELY TWELVE IN NUMBER, PROPOSES TO VISIT LONDON IN THE SECOND HALF OF JUNE.
2. THE EXACT TIMING IS NOT SETTLED, BUT WILL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN 20 AND 24 JUNE. THE GROUP WILL BE LED BY FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN, OBE, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD AND CHAIRMAN OF THE LARGEST GARMENT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, OTHER NAMES WILL BE NOTIFIED LATER,
3. THE PURPOSE OF THE DELEGATION IS TO CONVEY TO H.M.G. THE VIEWS AND CONCERNS OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRY ON THE FUTURE OF THE MEA. THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE RECEIVED BY APPROPRIATE MINISTERS IN THE FCO AND DEPARTMENT OF TRADE. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED A PARTICULAR WISH TO MEET MR. MICHAEL MEACHER, THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RENEW CONTACT WITH SIR PETER CAREY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, MANY OF THE DELEGATION MEMBERS HAVING MET HIM ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG.
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THE SHORT NOTICE AND UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING IS REGRETTED, BUT IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE AS REQUESTED, THE TIMING IS, IN FACT, FLEXIBLE,, IF YOU ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD COME A LITTLE EARLIER OR LATER THE DELEGATION COULD ADJUST ITS PLANS ACCORDINGLY, THIS GROUP REPRESENTS ABOUT
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