TNAG-1632-FCO40-2248-Ministerial-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong--including-visit-1987 — Page 10

CONFIDENTIAL

ZOOABM

VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LORD GLENARTHUR,

16-19 SEPTEMBER

BRIEF NO 1: STEERING BRIEF

1. The objectives of Lord Glenarthur's visit to Hong Kong may be

defined as follows:

i)

ii)

iii)

to allow the Minister to familiarise himself with the territory, its political preoccupations and its physical

development;

to provide opportunities for discussion with the Governor and his official and unofficial advisers, and for contact with a

wide range of Hong Kong people;

to demonstrate HMG's continuing commitment to the territory and its future at a particularly sensitive time in its

history.

He

2. The Minister's programme (Annex A) comprises three elements. will have meetings with the Governor; with senior officials of the Hong Kong Government; with the Executive Council; and with staff of the British Trade Commission. He will meet less formally the non-official members of the Executive and Legislative Councils (known collectively as OMELCO); members of the two Municipal Councils (the Urban Council and the Regional Council); members of a District Board; representatives of the professions; businessmen; and

There will be administrative officers of the Hong Kong Government.

a series of briefings and visits covering infrastructural development; town planning and housing; industry; the container terminal; centres housing Vietnamese refugees; the border and police operations. Finally there will be a press conference.

3. Brief No 2 is a telegram from the Governor, describing the mood

Brief in the territory on the eve of Lord Glenarthur's departure.

No 3 contains material for the meeting with the Executive Council: it comprises the draft of a short opening statement by the Minister,

CONFIDENTIAL