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GRS 350

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 355

OF 28084OZ JANUARY 87

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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR SIR D WILSON FROM ACTING GOVERNOR

MY TELNO 186: YOUR CHINESE NAME

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1. AS REPORTED IN TUR, THERE HAS BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSION IN HONG KONG, BOTH IN THE PRESS AND AMONG INDIVIDUALS, OF YOUR CHINESE NAME. THE SCM POST YESTERDAY (27 JANUARY) CARRIED AN ARTICLE HEADLINED SIR DAVID WILSON: RIGHT MAN, WRONG NAME'' WHICH DESCRIBED YOUR PRESENT CHINESE NAME AS FAR FROM BEING PROPITIOUS'' AND WHICH SUGGESTED THAT IT BE CHANGED TO WEI YIXIN (CANTONESE WAI YI-SHUN, CCC NUMBERS 5898 0110 0207) WHICH MEANS TO DEFEND AND PROTECT WITH FAITH OR WITH TRUST. THE SCMP ARTICLE WAS PICKED UP IN A REUTERS REPORT, A COPY OF WHICH IS IN MIFT.

2. AT EXCO YESTERDAY, SIR S Y CHUNG EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOUR CHINESE NAME. HE WAS SUPPORTED BY OTHER LOCAL CHINESE MEMBERS. THEY ASKED WHAT NAME THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION HAD SUGGESTED. WE REFERRED TO THE NAME SUGGESTED IN PARA. 1 OF MY TELNO 186 AND INFORMED THEM THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING IT. MEMBERS THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION BUT NONETHELESS PUT FORWARD A FURTHER PROPOSAL, WEI XIN (CANTONESE WAI SHUN, CCC NUMBERS 5898 0207) WHICH MEANS TO DEFEND, PROTECT OR SAFEGUARD FAITH OR CONFIDENCE.

3. ALL THIS IS BEING TAKEN QUITE SERIOUSLY AND WE NOW HAVE THREE SUGGESTIONS ON THE TABLE:

(A) WEI YIXIN (WAI YIK-SHUN, 7279 1150 0207) AS IN MY TELNO 186

(B) WEI YIXIN (WAI YI-SHUN, 5898 0110 0207) AS SUGGESTEE BY THE SCMP, AND

(C) WEI XIN (WAI SHUN, 5898 0207) AS SUGGESTED BY EXCO.

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