3. DURING A LUNCH ROBIN MCLAREN GAVE FOR THE VISITORS THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE SUGGESTED THAT NIE AND LIN MIGHT LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING OF IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S WORK IN ACTION- FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE AIRPORT (GIVEN THAT THE MFA HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM CHINESE TRANSITEES WHO HAVE HAD TO BE DETAINED AT THE AIRPORT, OUR AIM WAS TO SHOW THAT OUR RECEPTION AND ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES THERE ARE CLEAN AND NOT TOO SPARTAN). THE VISIT TO THE AIRPORT TOOK PLACE ON 24 MAY AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S HQ.
4. NIE AND LIN WERE SHOWN THE STATISTICAL TRAFFIC INDEX'' WHICH
IS BASED ON COMPLETED ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CARDS. THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY THE EASY RETRIEVAL OF THEIR OWN ARRIVAL CARDS AND WERE GIVEN SOUVENIR COPIES OF THEM. NIE ASKED WHETHER PASSENGERS FROM COUNTRIES WITH WHICH HONG KONG HAD A VISA WAIVER ARRANGEMENT ALSO HAD TO COMPLETE ARRIVAL CARDS. HE WAS ASSURED THAT THEY DID. AFTER A ROUND-UP DISCUSSION WITH D OF 1, ZHAO ZHENKUI HOSTED A VERY FRIENDLY LUNCH TO WHICH TAN GAN OF NCNA AND ROBIN MCLAREN WERE ALSO INVITED.
5. WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS SMOOTHING THEIR DEPARTURE THROUGH LO WU, NIE AND LIN LEFT HONG KONG ON THE MORNING OF 25 MAY. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE GOING TO SHENZHEN, GUANGZHOU AND XIAMEN BEFORE RETURNING TO PEKING. WE SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IN DUE COURSE ANY IMPRESSIONS OF THE VISIT HERE WHICH MAY REACH YOUR EARS. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IT WAS VERY USEFUL.
SIGNED P 1 WEBB
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