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DATED 3 DECEMBER 1982

VISIT TO HONG KONG OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY AND TRADE. THE COMMITTEE VISITED HONG KONG FROM SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER

TO THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER.

IN PRACTICE THEY HAD ONLY ONE AND HALF WORKING DAYS AND WE GAVE THEM A BUSY AND SOMEWHAT BREATHLESS TIME.

2. WE ORGANISED THE PROGRAMME BUT INVOLVED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT AN EARLY STAGE. THE COMMITTEE'S VISITING TIME WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS (VISIT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE TAIPO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE) AND VISIBLE BRITISH EXPORTS LIKE THE MTR, KCR AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. IN OUR BTC BRIEFING WE WERE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE GOVERNMENT EXPORT EFFORT HERE AND WITH BILL DORWARD, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, BILATERAL ISSUES LIKE THE MFA ABSORBED MOST OF THE TIME. WE ALSO GAVE A DINNER FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO MEET A CROSS-SECTION OF HONG KONG INTERESTS AND PERSONALITIES AS WELL AS BRITISH BUSINESSMEN. THE MPS WERE ON SPARKLING FORM AND IT TURNED INTO A LIVELY AND ENTERTAINING EVENING.