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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 134
OF 10120OZ JANUARY 90
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG,
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INDEX
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Action Taken
UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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001707
MDHIAN 1908
YOUR TELNO 77: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
1. FOLLOWING IS A REPLY TO THE POINTS YOU RAISED:
(A) ITEM 1: ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK
THE USUAL PRACTICE IS FOR THE UK JOURNALISTS TO INFORM THE HEAD STEWARD OF THE PLANE THAT THEY WISH TO GET OFF FIRST. MR OSBORNE WILL THEN MEET THEM AT THE AIRBRIDGE AND TAKE THEM TO THE PRESS POSITION TO JOIN THE REST OF THE MEDIA CONTINGENT. SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS PARTY WILL COME OUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.
(B) ITEM 4: THE MEDIA ARE AWARE THAT THE LUNCH IS A PRIVATE FUNCTION AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE BORDER AREA.
(C) ITEM 7 AND 8 : THE PRESS WHO COVER THE VISIT TO THE HENG ON HOUSING ESTATE WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO MOVE TO COVER THE VISIT OF THE FACTORY IN TAI PO. ARRANGEMENTS WILL NOW BE MADE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SPEAK TO THE PRESS AFTER HIS TOUR OF THE HOUSING ESTATE AND ALSO AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE FACTORY.
(D) ITEM 9: ALL JOURNALISTS COVERING THE LUNCH SPEECH WILL BE ENTERTAINED IN AN ANTE-ROOM NEXT TO THE DINING HALL WHERE THEY WILL BE PROVIDED WITH DRINKS AND REFRESHMENTS.
(E) THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING THE LUNCH AT REGENT HOTEL TO TRAVEL TO KWUN TONG TO COVER THE DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING.
(F) ITEM 14: AS FOR MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THE VR/VBP CAMPS, THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF FIXED POSITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE FOR REPORTERS AND TV CREW/PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE ACTIVITIES IN THE CAMPS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A VERY LARGE PRESS POSITION AT HEI LING CHAU FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SPEAK TO THEM AT THE END OF THE TOUR. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE
NUMBER OF MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AT EITHER CAMP.
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