TNAG-1237-FCO40-1550-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 112

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Note for the Record

I had lunch at Hong Kong University on 18 March

with Dr. E.V. Roberts (Political Science Department).

At

our table also were John Young, Staff Tutor, Department of

Extra Mural Studies, and Claire Hollingworth.

2.

Dr. Young is one of the academics going on the

10-day trip to Peking and Sian, beginning 1 April, at the

invitation of the Chinese. He and the rest of his group will

see NCNA on Tuesday to finalise the itinerary. Unlike the

previous trips of which he was aware, Dr. Young said that all

expenses were being paid by the Chinese. Even wives too

were included in this invitation. Curiously also the

academics had been asked whom they wished to see, and so far

no details of calls or engagements had been supplied to them.

3.

Others going are, from the Hong Kong University,

Edward Chen (Director, Centre of Asian Studies, Economist), the

Head of the Electrical Engineering Department (sic), and

one or two others including possibly the geographer Leung.

Victor Sit had been asked but was not going. From the Chinese

University Dr. Joseph Cheng, (but not Professor Weng,

presumably because of his Taiwanese connections) and the

Dean of Social Studies (?) were going. He thought the party

numbered about 8 or 10 academics plus their companions.

No gweilos were included!

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