TNAG-1633-FCO40-2249-Ministerial-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong--including-visit-1988 — Page 43

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VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LORD GLENARTHUR, 16-19 SEPTEMBER

BRIEF NO 1: STEERING BRIEF

The objectives of Lord Glenarthur's visit to Hong Kong may be defined as follows:

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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.

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

He will meet less formally the the British Trade Commission. 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 o District Board; representatives of the professions; businessmen

There administrative officers of the Hong Kong Government.

a series of briefings and visits covering infrastructural development; town planning and housing; industry; the conta terminal; centres housing Vietnamese refugees; the border

Finally there will be a press conference. operations.

Brief No 2 is a telestan from the Governor.

the territory on the eve of Lord Glen

contains material for the meeting

comprises the draft of a short opening s

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