TNAG-1456-FCO40-1980-Future-of-Hong-Kong-annual-report-to-Parliament-on-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 155

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TELNO 3525

OF 240955Z OCTOBER 86

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

YOUR TELNO 2278: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG

1. THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE REPORT PROPOSED IN TUR FOLLOWS CLOSELY OUR OWN THINKING. FOR OUR PART, HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE RATHER GREATER REFERENCE THIS YEAR THAN LAST TO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND TO TRADE QUESTIONS, so

AS TO UNDERLINE THE CONTINUING BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY AND EXMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY. THESE GET LESS PROMINENCE THAN POLITICS. THIS WOULD FIT INTO THE SECTION ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY''

2. YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR SHARING THE DRAFTING ARE APPRECIATED. WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE SENSIBLE FOR THIS AND FUTURE REPORTS TO COVER CALENDAR YEARS, RATHER THAN THE PERIOD COVERED BY MY ANNUAL ADDRESS. ASSUMING THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO MINISTERS, WE WILL AIM TO COMPLETE THE FIRST DRAFTS OF THE SECTIONS FOR WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE BY LATE DECEMBER, TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME FOR CLEARANCE WITH YOU AND FOR SUBMISSION TO EXCO EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR.

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MR GILL MORE MR WILSON

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