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WANG JIANXING ( 王 &

Тан

3

-

IN CONFIDENCE

), DIVISION CHIEF (FIRST SECRETARY)

prime responsibility for administration of Governor's visits and BL-related meetings. Appears to have no policy function. Married to a Scandinavian expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and has served

in Scandinavian countries. Hopes to be posted back to Sweden.

A Shanghainese with an idiosyncratic, almost surreal sense of humour who speaks good, often idiomatic, English and Danish and likes Western

classical music.

MME HE WEI (

), SECOND SECRETARY

A quiet, nervous woman with reasonable, but limited English. Seems to deal only with fairly low level administration.

LI YIJIAN (

), STAFF MEMBER

A friendly man who appears slightly reserved, but this is probably due to a (not altogether justified) lack of confidence in his English. Legally

trained and older than the other "youngsters" (mid/late thirties) he seems to be the non-JLG Division's dogsbody.

ZHANG YONGXIN (Ì

永新

), STAFF MEMBER

One of the "youngsters" who joined the HKMAO in the summer of 1988. An economist with limited English and rather shy. Father was Ambassador to

Iraq, currently Ambassador to Egypt.

LIU GUOJIAN ‹ ★

(l

国建

#

), STAFF MEMBER

A young interpreter attached to the HKMAO. Recently did an interpretation

course in Geneva, but now returned to the HKMAO as a translator. but not particularly efficient. Reasonable English.

Friendly

DIVISION II

MME FENG CUI (

), DIVISION CHIEF (FIRST SECRETARY)

Jointed the HKMAO in February 1989 to take prime responsibility for IROs.

From Hubei, married to a People's Daily journalist with two children at university.

Previously served in Geneva dealing with political aspects of international organisations (1985-89) and before that spent several years in International Organisations and Conference Department of the MFA dealing with UN Security Council.

An intelligent, self-confident, friendly and smartly dressed woman who Speaks good English.

IN CONFIDENCE

/LU

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