TNAG-1632-FCO40-2248-Ministerial-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong--including-visit-1987 — Page 246

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PS/Lord Glenarthur

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FROM:

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Hong Kong Department

DATE:

30 July 1987

CC:

Mr Gillmore

LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: 16-19 SEPTEMBER: BRIEFING

1.

We have been giving some preliminary thought to the briefing

which will be required. Subject to Lord Glenarthur's views we propose to plan on the basis of the attached list.

2.

Representative

I hope it does not seem too daunting. government will certainly be the dominating topic. Nonetheless it seems sensible to produce fairly comprehensive briefing, covering

all the main issues which could be raised with the Minister. (We

are telegraphing the list to Hong Kong to ensure they feel there are

no lacunae.) We also need to take account of the fact that on many

issues the Minister will have different things to say to different

groups of people. Consequently separate sets of points to make will be necessary for the Governor, for ExCo and where appropriate for

OMELCO and others.

3.

Inevitably this will lead to some duplication but I see no

tidy way round this. In particular I believe the Minister would

wish to have a self-contained brief for his press conference, with

points to make covering all the major subjects of public interest in

Hong Kong.

4.

We will, of course, aim for brevity. In the case of the

background briefs I doubt whether it will be necessary to cover more

than 2 sides at the most.

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CO Hum

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