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MDHIAN 399
(D) IT WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR FAC TO MEET WITH QUOTE REPRESENTATIVE UNQUOTE OF THE BLDC AS SUCH BECAUSE OF CHINESE SENSITIVITIES. · T.K. ANN, LOUIS CHA (CONSERVATIVES), OR MARTIN LEE, SZETO WAH (LIBERALS) FOR THAT MATTER, SHOULD BE TREATED PRESENTATIONALLY AS INDIVIDUALS. CHENG KAI-NAM, LEADER OF THE GROUP OF 38 EDUCATIONISTS AND A MEMBER OF BLCC, CAN SPEAK FOR THE MODERATES. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND FAC MEETING EITHER XU JIATUN OR SIR Y.K. PAO.
(E) WE AGREE WITH YOUR VIEW THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT TAKE FORMAL EVIDENCE FROM INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA. IN ANY CASE, DEREK DAVIES IS NOT A GOOD CHOICE AS HE CAN, IN NO WAY, BE SAID TO BE REPRESENTING LOCAL JOURNALISTS. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENABLE THE COMMITTEE TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA INFORMALLY.
(F) THE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SUGGESTED SEEM REASONABLE, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS PROBLEMS BY COMPARISON. THUS, IF T.S. LO AND MEETING POINT, WHAT ABOUT STEPHEN CHEONG CHONG KONG FOUNDATION) AND HONG KONG AFFAIRS SOCIETY? OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS, WE WOULD RECOMMEND VINCENT LO FOR HIS CLEAR VIEWS, SINCERITY AND LOW-KEY APPROACH. FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS, WE FEEL THAT, INSTEAD OF MEETING INDIVIDUAL UNIONS, FAC SHOULD ONLY MEET THOSE WHICH ARE REPRESENTED ON THE STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS, VIZ. SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, POLICE FORCE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL AND MODEL SCALE I STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SCSC ARE ALREADY CONSIDERING TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH FAC.
2. FOR THE INFORMAL MEETINGS, IT DOES NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR FAC TO SEE CHURCH GROUPS AND STUDENT GROUPS. INSTEAD FAC COULD USEFULLY MEET WITH SOME DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN FOR MORE GRASSROOT VIEWS, AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES IN HONG KONG FOR THEY REPRESENT THE MAJOR SOURCE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. WE ARE PREPARED TO ADVISE ON SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO BE INVITED. WHILE WE HAVE RESERVED THE ANTE-CHAMBER OF EXCO (A LOUNGE AND A CONFERENCE ROOM FOR ABOUT 12) FOR THESE INFORMAL MEETINGS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE FAC WILL NOT (NOT) ACTUALLY GO OUT TO MEET PEOPLE, AS IMPLIED IN TELNO 673?
3. IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM TELNO 674 WHETHER THE IDEA IS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS ON 18 APRIL, ONE TO REFUGEE CAMPS AND THE OTHER TO ONE OF THE OPTIONS PROPOSED IN MY TELNO 864. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION. WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT SQUATTER AREAS, DO NOT (NOT) REPRESENT REAL HONG KONG. BUT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES DO.
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