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CONFIDENTIAL

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Telephone 01-

HKK 026/9

REGIVA IN REGISTRY NJ. 51

13 APR 1981

DESK OFFICER

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REGISTRY

Action Taken

Sir Jack Cater KBE

Chief Secretary

Government Secretariat

HONG KONG

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Your reference

Our reference

Date

HKK 026/9

9 April 1981

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MY VISIT TO HONG KONG : 10-23 MAY

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The Governor has agreed that I should visit Hong Kong in mid-May. I have sent him a telegram about accommodation arrangements.

2.

I am very sorry that you will be away yourself during my visit but I am looking forward to seeing you in London before long. I hope that we can have a meal together.

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3. The following are some thoughts about a possible programme. As usual, the difficulty is to combine the absorption of as much information and atmosphere as possible with the obvious need to concentrate a good deal of time on important current topics.

Main Subjects

4.

Depending on developments over the next month, I would expect to need to discuss:

a) Nationality Law (Bim Davies and other officials).◊

b) Vietnamese refugees (Bim Davies, Ron Bridge, David Wilson) $

c) Transit Visas for Visitors from China (Bim Davies and

David Wilson).

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d) Chinese Visa Office (David Wilson).

e) District Administration Legislation and Implementation

(Dennis Bray and Graham Barnes). If possible, I would like to include not only official discussions but a visit to Kwun Tong; it would be very helpful to compare developments there since my last visit in February 1980. f) Social Services, including Reciprocal Health Agreement.s (Eric Ho). The content will depend on developments following Eric's own visit to London at the end of this month.

g) Multi-Fibre Arrangement and other trade matters

(Bill Dorward).

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