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CYPHER CAT A
FM PEKING 250300Z
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO.525 OF 24.8.78
AND TO ROUTINE DES, BRITISH COUNCIL AND DOT (FOR CRE4).
EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR CHINA,
1.
FILMO, A HONG KONG-BASED COMPANY HAVE MOUNTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL EXHIBTION OF AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND TEACHING AIDS IN CHINA OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE EXHIBITION HAS TOURED CANTON, SHANGHAI AND PEKING. IT IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION EVER PUT ON BY A PRIVATE COMPANY IN CHINA. FIMO REPRESENTS COMPANIES FROM MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: BRITISH COMPANIES REPRESENTED INCLUDED BBC ENGLISH BY RADIO AND TELEVISION (WITH HUGH HOWSE PERSONALLY ATTENDING), THE OPEN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, THE LONDON FILM SERVICE AND SPECTRON. 200,000 ATTENDED THE EXHIBTION IN SHANGHAI AND LECTURES GIVEN BY THE EXHIBITIORS HAVE BEEN PACKED OUT. THE FACT THAT FILMO EXECUTIVES ALL SPEAK CHINESE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EXHIBITION.
2. INITIAL ORDERS HAVE BEEN PLACED FOR £1.2 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT WITH LARGER FOLLOW-UP ORDERS IN VIEW. THE EXHIBITION COVERED TEACHING AIDS FOR PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY LEVEL EDUCATION, BUT AS EXPECTED, THE CHINESE WERE LITTLE INTERESTED IN - THE FIRST TWO CATEGORIES.
3. FILMO HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO STAGE A FURTHER EXHIBITION IN 1979 OF TERTIARY AND RESEARCH LEVEL TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT. THEY INTEND TO FIRST SEND A TEAM OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS AROUND CHINA'S UNIVERSITIES TO ASSESS WHAT THEY NEED. THIS OF COURSE IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY MIGHT HOPE TO DO. BUT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ARE INTERESTED IN PROPOSALS FROM MANY DIRECTIONS AND COMPETITION
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