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FOR SIR D WILSON FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVRNMENT HOUSE

SPEECHES

1. ONE OF THE POINTS YOU RAISED IN LONDON LAST MONTH WAS THE NEED

TO GIVE SUFFICIENT TIME AND THOUGHT TO THE DRAFTING OF SPEECHES. WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY DRAWN UP A LIST OF SPEECHES THAT YOU WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS. WE PROPOSE, SUBJECT TO YOUR

VIEWS, TO BRING THEM TO YOUR ATTENTION APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS

BEFOREHAND SO THAT YOUR IDEAS ON THE THEME AND CONTENT OF EACH

SPEECH CAN BE PASSED ON THE THE RESPONSIBLE POLICY BRANCH IN GOOD

TIME. WE WOULD THEN ASK FOR A FIRST DRAFT 3-4 WEEKS BEFORE THE SPEECH

IS TO BE MADE.

2. APART FROM YOUR SPEECH AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY, YOU ARE

LIKELY AS WE SEE IT AS PRESENT TO MAKE THREE SPEECHES BETWEEN YOUR

ARRIVAL AND THE MIDDLE OF JUNE :

(A) AT THE DINNER TO COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXPORT

CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ON 12 MAY :

(B) AT THE OPENING OF THE HO TIM BUILDING, CUHK ON 21 MAY: AND

(C) AT THE OPENING OF THE HK STOCK EXCHANGE EXHIBITION ON 12 JUNE.

3. THESE THREE PROVIDE QUITE A USEFUL SPREAD OF SUBJECT AREAS.

APART FROM THE USUAL TRIBUTES TO THE ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, I

WOULD SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING THEMES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

(A) THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AND THE WORK OF THE

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING GIVEN AN

EXPANDED ROLE:

(B) TERTIARY EDUCATION GENERALLY, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

THIRD UNIVERSITY AND HONG KONG STUDENTS OVERSEAS (THERE ARE SOME

INTERESTING STATISTICS ON THIS IN A RECENT EXCO INFORMATION PAPER):

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