TNAG-1590-FCO40-2175-Appointment-of-Sir-David-Wilson-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 163

From: Commissioner

Lofax 48

19 January, 1987

To: DIS

Following is a transcript of an interview

with Philip Bowring, Deputy Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, who was speaking from Hong Kong on the appointment of Sir David Wilson as Hong Kong's next Governor.

BBC WORLD SERVICE

24 HOURS

13.09

JANUARY 16, 1987

PRESENTER (David Ley):

Hong Kong has a new Governor. He's David Wilson,

a senior official in the British Foreign Office,

a

fluent mandarin speaker

and

noted a

scholar

of Chinese history. Earlier in his diplomatic

career he twice served in Hong Kong

as well

as