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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1104
OF 15120OZ MARCH 88
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LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: JUNE 1988
WHEN LORD GLENARTHUR WAS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD TRY TO SPEND THREE FULL WORKING DAYS HERE DURING HIS VISIT IN JUNE. I SHOULD
BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU ARE YET IN A POSITION TO CONFIRM WHETHER
THIS IS POSSIBLE AND IF SO, WHAT THE REVISED DATES FOR THE VISIT ARE.
2. I WOULD FIND IT USEFUL TO DISCUSS WITH LORD GLENARTHUR NEXT
WEEK WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO DURING HIS VISIT. MY PRELIMINARY
THINKING IS THAT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO INCLUDE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(A) LUNCHES WITH BUSINESSMEN AND WITH A GROUP OF ''YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS'':
(B) DINNERS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND WITH OMELCO:
(C) LUNCH OR DINNER WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS (AND POSSIBLY ONE
WITH MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS):
(D) ATTENDING A MEETING OF EXCO:
(E) VISITS TO CHI MA WAN AND HEI LING CHAU REFUGEE CAMPS (I.E. THE
ONES LORD GLENARTHUR DID NOT VISIT LAST TIME):
(F) A VISIT TO THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE (HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY):
(G) A VISIT TO TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, WITH A RIDE ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM (TO BE OPENED FORMALLY IN AUGUST):
(H) A VISIT TO THE TDC (INCLUDING A BRIEFING ON THE CONVENTION AND
EXHIBITION CENTRE, LIKELY TO OPEN AROUND THE END OF 1988):
(I) A VISIT TO AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, PERHAPS THE HK POLYTECHNIC
3. A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY AT THE END OF THE VISIT.
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