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APPENDIX I

Day I

A PROGRAMME PROPOSAL

THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

at the Gravenbruch-Kempinski Hotel, Frankfurt, June 14 and 15, 1982

Chairman:

Opening Address:

(30 mins)

Session 1 A film presentation on Hongkong (30 mins)

Session II

Coffee

The political future of Hongkong: What are the

expectations of the West and of China in the 1980s and after 1997? Are these expectations justified? The special position of Great Britain.

Speaker: Mark Schreiber, The Economist

Discussant:

Lunch

Hongkong as a financial centre: futures, gold, currencies, tax environment, hot-money receptacle etc.

Speaker: HK Banking Group representative (Mr. Sandberg Discussant: A German banker

has been approached

Tea

Session III Panel Discussion: Speakers from above sessions

Reception offered by HK Banking Group

Evening:

Day II

Session IV

Hongkong as a commercial market: A market in its own right and how it will develop in the next decade, the gateway to China, a base for western manufacturing and joint ventures.

Speaker: Sir Y.K.Kan (to be approached) Discussant: Hugh Sandeman, World Business Editor,

The Economist

Session V

Coffee

Hongkong and the Pacific Basin: Will there be a division of roles? What will change in relations with the rest of the world? What opportunities for trade expansion with Europe?

A panel discussion: Speakers from earlier sessions

After each session at least 20 mins. of questions and dialogue with the audience.

Time-table:

Mornings

J

9.30 11.00, 11.30 13.00

Afternoons

14.30 16.30

16.00

18.00