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VISIT TO HONG KONG BY SIR RICHARD EVANS

1. SIR R EVANS ATTENDED THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

THIS MORNING TO BRIEF MEMBERS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA AND ON

CHINESE PERCEPTIONS OF HONG KONG. THIS WAS HIS LAST OFFICIAL

VISIT TO HONG KONG BEFORE RETIREMENT.

2. I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO SIR R EVANS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO

COME TO HONG KONG BEFORE LEAVING PEKING. IT IS A GESTURE MUCH

APPRECIATED.

3. SIR S Y CHUNG, ON BEHALF OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO, PARTICULARLY ASKED THAT THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE STERLING WORK DONE BY THE AMBASSADOR DURING THE SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS ON

THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND SINCE SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE

MINUTES.

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MR MCLAREN

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