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NANHAI WHO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE OFF SHORE OIL INDUSTRY. A VISIT TO CHINA MERCHANTS PROVIDED A BRIEFING ON THE DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA, NOW A THRIVING INDUSTRIAL ZONE WHICH STARTED FROM SCRATCH SOME FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. A DINNER WITH A SMALL GROUP OF LEADING MEMBERS OF BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ENABLE THE LATTER TO TELL SIR JAMES CLEMINSON OF SOME OF BRITAINS COMMERCIAL SUCCESSES AND ALSO OF THEIR CONCERNS OF THE PASSPORT AND NATIONALITY ISSUES. ON 3 OCTOBER, BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE SIR JAMES CLEMINSON HAD A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR AT WHICH SIR D. WILSON PROVIDED A GENERAL BRIEFING ON THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN HONG KONG. A RADIO INTERVIEW EARLIER THAT MORNING ENABLED SIR J CLEMINSON TO STRESS THE COMPETITIVENESS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY.

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5. A SUCCESSFUL VISIT WHICH PROVIDED ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE

BRITISH FIRMS VISITED AND AN UPDATE ON PROJECTS AND TRADE

PROSPECTS IN HONG KONG FOR THE BOTB.

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