TNAG-1163-FCO40-1443-Visits-by-FCO-officials-to-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 22

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(M) URBAN ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WONG

TAI SIN?) AND TRANSPORTATION:

(N)

4.

BRIEFING ON PRISON SERVICE AND PRISON VISIT.

NONE OF US HAS YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A SPECIAL

ECONOMIC ZONE. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF VISITING SHENZHEN?

5. IN ADDITION TO THE THREE OF YOU, OF COURSE, I SHOULD ALSO

LIKE TO SEE THE FOLLOWING:

(A)

RICHARD HOARE, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH:

(B) JAMES SO AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE WITH WHOM I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH

OVER SIR E YOUDE:

(C)

COLIN MARTIN, COMMISSIONER FOR BANKING, WITH WHOM I STUDIED

IN SEOUL.

6. AS A SECONDARY AIM, I SHOULD WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET YOUNG CIVIL SERVANTS, JOURNALISTS, STUDENTS ETC AS I THINK IT IMPORTANT TO GET ACROSS, AT A POINT RATHER LOWER DOWN THE LADDER THAN IS OFTEN THE CASE, WHAT WE DO AT THIS END, THE SORT

OF PROBLEMS WE FACE AND HOW WE HANDLE THEM.

7. THAT SAID, I WILL OF COURSE COMPLY WITH WHATEVER PROTOCOL

SECTION CAN ARRANGE, GIVEN THE TIME RESTRAINTS. I SHOULD BE GLAD

IF 30 APRIL COULD BE KEPT FREE FOR THE MOMENT.

8. A LESS EXPENSIVE HOTEL THAN THE FURAMA WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

PERHAPS THE HONG KONG, EXCELSIOR OR A CHEAPER ROOM AT THE LEE GARDENS, BUT I WILL FIT IN WITH WHATEVER IS CONVENIENT. CLASS A SUBSISTENCE RATE IS CURRENTLY HK DOLLARS 513.

SIGNED W MORRIS

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