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TO DESKBY 12010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 1848
OF 11183OZ SEPTEMBER 89
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INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD
PERSONAL FOR HEAP, BTC
YOUR TELNOS 2971 AND 2972:
MR MAUDE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
1. MR MAUDE IS CONTENT WITH THE REVISED OUTLINE PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
(A) HE IS NOT VERY KEEN ON THE IDEA OF A WALKABOUT IN TAIKOO SHING CITY. WALKABOUTS ARE SIMPLY NOT HIS STYLE. JUDGING FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF SIR G HOWE'S VISIT, WE ARE ALSO DOUBTFUL WHETHER THERE WOULD NECESSARILY BE MUCH ADVANTAGE FROM A MEDIA POINT OF VIEW. IF THE MINISTER WAS HECKLED, THE ONLY MEDIA COVERAGE MIGHT WELL BE OF SOMEONE SHOUTING ABUSE.
(B) MR MAUDE WOULD PREFER TO USE THIS SLOT IN THE PROGRAMME TO VISIT THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION. HE ALSO HOPES THAT PETER HEAP COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DINNER ON SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER. (C) SUBJECT TO PETER HEAP'S VIEWS, MR MAUDE WOULD BE HAPPY TO VISIT RADOFIN ELECTRONICS IN KOWLOON ON 19 SEPTEMBER. (D) MR MAUDE AGREES THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO INCLUDE THE ANGLO HONG KONG TRUST IN THE MEETINGS TO BE ARRANGED WITH VARIOUS PRESSURE GROUPS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 18 SEPTEMBER BUT WOULD LIKE DAVID TANG (WHO RECENTLY CALLED ON HIM) TO BE INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
(E) IF THE VISIT TO TAIKOO SHING CITY IS DROPPED WE SUGGEST THAT THE MEETINGS WITH PRESSURE GROUPS ON 18 SEPTEMBER SHOULD START AT 1500 RATHER THAN 1430. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR ADVICE ON WHETHER THE MINISTER SHOULD MEET THE GROUPS INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY. (F) THE SUGGESTION THAT MR MAUDE SHOULD OFFER TO MEET THE CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS CAME FROM THE DEPARTMENT. THE MINISTER WOULD WELCOME YOUR VIEWS ON WHETHER THIS WOULD
BE A GOOD USE OF HIS TIME.
2.
MR MAUDE, HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY AND ROBIN MCLAREN WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT YOUR OFFER OF ACCOMMODATION AT GOVERNMENT
HOUSE.
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