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From:
A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
Date: 16 June 1989
Cc:
PS/Lord Glenarthur
Mr Gillmore
Mr McLaren
Mr Burns, News Dept
Miss Agnew, Protocol Dept
A B
Private Secretary
VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HONG KONG : 2-4 JULY
1. The Secretary of State might appreciate an indication of our
preliminary thinking about the programme for his forthcoming visit
to Hong Kong.
2.
I attach Hong Kong telnos 1977-78, in which the Governor sets
out some initial ideas for the programme.
3. I agree that a key objective of the visit should be to listen to
the concerns of Hong Kong people; and as far as possible to reassure
them about HMG's commitment to the Territory, I think it is
particularly important that he should have ample opportunity to get
out and about and to meet and have a dialogue with a broad cross
section of the community.
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4. The attached draft programme is evidently drafted with these objectives. The lunch with bankers, businessmen and professionals
on 3 July will be particularly useful. But I wonder whether it
might be possible to expand this into a seminar type format, perhaps
built around the lunch, to give more time for a full exchange of
views. It would give the Secretary of State more time, both to listen and to get his message across.
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