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VISIT TO HONG KONG AND CHINA BY SIR IDRIS PEARCE: NOVEMBER 1990

SIR IDRIS PEARCE OF RICHARD ELLIS, WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, HAS INFORMED US THAT HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO VISIT CHINA IN MID NOVEMBER BY THE HEAD OF THE LAND ADMINISTRATION IN PEKING, PROFESSOR WANG ( WANG APPARENTLY VISITED THE UK TWO YEARS AGO) PROPOSED PROGRAMME IS IN MIFT.

2. SIR IDRIS WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU MIGHT OFFER - PERHAPS A RECEPTION? IF YOU WISHED HIM TO LOOK ØVER THE DIPLOMATIC ESTATE IN PEKING, HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ADVANCE WARNING.

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SIR IDRIS SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD TOLD HIM THAT EVERYONE IN HIS PARTY GOING TO PEKING SHOULD HOLD A BRITISH PASSPORT. HE HAS INTERPRETED THIS TO MEAN THAT THEY SHOULD BE FULL BRITISH CITIZENS, RATHER THAN BDTCS. WHATEVER THE CASE, THE CHINESE REQUEST SEEMS TO US TO BE RATHER ODD AND WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

4. SIR IDRIS MIGHT ALSO BE GOING ON TO JAPAN, WHERE HE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE/ABOUT INWARD INVESTMENT IN THE UK. WE SHALL CONFIRM WHEN WE HAVE FURTHER NEWS.

5. SIR IDRIS WILL BE MAKING A NUMBER OF SPEECHES IN CHINA AND HONG KONG. WE SHALL PROVIDE BRIEFING NEARER THE TIME. IN CHINA HE WILL BE SPEAKING TO ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL AUDIENCES.

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