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Private Secretary to Lord Trefgarne

Minister of Trade, DTI

VISIT BY OMELCO DELEGATION, 20-24 NOVEMBER

The Governor of Hong Kong has informed us that a delegation from

OMELCO, (the Office of Members of the Executive and Legislative

Councils of Hong Kong) will be visiting London from 20-24 November (to coincide with the Foreign Affairs debate). The main purpose of

the visit will be to lobby on the Hong Kong nationality issue.

The Foreign Secretary and Mr Maude have agreed to see the

delegation. The delegation leader, Mr Allen Lee Peng-Fei CBE, the

Senior Member of the Legislative Council, and two other members of

the delegation (Martin Barrow, a Director of Jardine Matheson, and Jimmy McGregor, former Director of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce) have also asked to call on Lord Trefgarne to discuss the

effects of confidence in Hong Kong on trade and industry.

The Foreign Secretary hopes that Lord Trefgarne can find time to see the delegation. OMELCO evidently attach importance to meeting the

Minister of Trade. The confidence issue is of course a particularly pressi ƒ one in Hong Kong and it would be helpful if the Lord Treijarne could indicate a readiness to listen to OMELCO's views on

the subject. This would be much appreciated by OMELCO and would

create a favourable impression in Hong Kong.

DAWABT

R N Peirce