TNAG-1247-FCO40-1561-Press-reports-on-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 59

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 676 OF 12 MAY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE

THE WEN WEI PD (COMMUNIST) AND THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS

(INDEPENDENT) REPORT PROMINENTLY THE RETURN FROM A VISIT

TO PEKING OF A NEW TERRITORIES INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL

ASSOCIATION DELEGATION (SEE MY TELNO 620). THE WEN WEI PO REPORTS THE LEADER OF THE GROUP, MR TSANG KWONG-TAO, AS SAYING

THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HAD INVITED LIAO CHENGZHI TO

VISIT HONG KONG, BUT LIAO'S TIGHT SCHEDULE WAS UNLIKELY TO

PERMIT A VISIT THIS YEAR.

2. PERHAPS SURPRISINGLY, THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN PICKED UP

BY OTHER JOURNALISTS. IF IT IS, WE SHALL SAY THAT NO INVITATION

HAS BEEN ISSUED.

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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