TNAG-1224-FCO40-1537-Visits-to-the-UK-by-official-and-unofficial-members-of-the-E-1983 — Page 144

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Mr Gi

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Private Secretary

CC: FED

PS/Lord Belstead

PS/PUS

INCE

SECRET

HKK 026'5

5 MAY 1983

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

VISIT BY SIR S Y CHUNG TO LONDON

Searay

Kuanlyn.

Holes

d. State

415.

1. Sir S Y Chung is visiting London privately from 2- 5 May to receive honorary distinctions from the engineering profession. is seeing:

(a)

the PUS on 3 May at 4 pm;

(b)

the Secretary of State on 4 May at 10.30 am;

He

(c) the Prime Minister on 4 May at 5 pm;

(d)

2.

Lord Belstead on 5 May at 12.15 pm (and afterwards for lunch).

I submit a brief for the Secretary of State's meeting. The PUS and Lord Belstead may wish to take a similar line. I also

submit a draft letter to No 10 with a brief for the PM's meeting.

3.

message.

There is still no reply from the Chinese to the PM'S Business confidence is still reasonably good but shows signs of

the Hong Kong dollar has fallen to about HK$6.905 to the US$, although the Hang Seng index remains above 1000.

nervousness

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