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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO U/N
OF 18031OZ OCTOBER 89
HKC 062/1
Y
a DIST ?,
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
(231
065544
MDHIAN 0327
WASHINGTON PLEASE PASS TO GOVERNOR, HONG KONG
FOLLOWING OMITTED FROM MY TELNO 3476, PLEASE INSERT AT END OF TEXT.
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AND I'M SURE THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE ALL THOSE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE REPORT FROM OUR CONSULT- ANTS, WHO ARE AFTER ALL, VERY CLOSE TO THE MARKET-PLACE AND HAVE TAKEN VERY CAREFUL SOUNDINGS AND HAVE, INCIDENTALLY, REVIEWED THEIR FINDINGS IN THE WAKE OF THE 4TH JUNE EVENTS SO THEY DO NOT PRE-DATE JUNE 4TH, THEY POST-DATE JUNE 4TH AND THE PROJECTS WHICH WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ALREADY INVESTING IN IN HONG KONG WHICH I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. SO I THINK WE CAN GO FORWARD ON THIS STRATEGY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE ABOUT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION. BUT BEARING IN MIND, AS MR MACLEOD HAS POINTED OUT, THAT THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THE TIMING OF VARIOUS PROJECTS.
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