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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 2513
OF 14080OZ AUGUST 90
FOR APS/LORD CAITHNESS
TOP COPY Q DIST?
OUR TELNO 2506 : VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LORD CAITHNESS
M
060705
MDHIAN 3053
thi B 0243F
g
30
1 LORD KADOORIE'S STAFF HAVE CONTACTED GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO SUGGEST THAT LORD CAITHNESS MIGHT WISH TO VISIT EITHER THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER (CLP) GENERATING STATION AT CASTLE PEAK OR (GIVEN THE MINISTER'S AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUND) THE KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL AID ASSOCIATION FARM NEAR SHEK KONG. WE HAVE WARNED THEM THAT, AS THIS IS THE MINISTER'S FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG, HE WILL HAVE A VERY FULL PROGRAMME BUT AGREED TO PASS THE INVITATIONS ON TO YOU.
2. THE DRAFT PROGRAMME IN OUR TELNO 2418 WAS DRAWN UP TO ALLOW LORD CAITHNESS TO SEE AS MANY OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF HONG KONG IN THE TIME AVAILABLE. WE ARE ALSO KEEN THAT HE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE QUOTE OTHER SIDE UNQUOTE OF HONG KONG AND NOT DEVOTE HIS ENTIRE VISIT TO POLITICS AND INDUSTRY. FROM THE HONG KONG POINT OF VIEW, NEITHER CASTLE PEAK NOR KADOORIE FARM REALLY QUALIFIES AS A KEY ELEMENT. CLP IS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF UTILITY COMPANIES IN THE TERRITORY, WHILE AGRICULTURE NOW CONTRIBUTES LITTLE TO THE ECONOMY. MOREOVER, MR MAUDE WENT TO CASTLE PEAK ON HIS LAST SUBSTANTIVE VISIT TO HONG KONG IN APRIL.
3. HOWEVER, IF FOR UK OR PERSONAL REASONS, LORD CAITHNESS WOULD LIKE TO VISIT EITHER OF THESE PROJECTS, THIS COULD BE DONE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
(A) A BRIEF STOP COULD BE MADE AT CASTLE PEAK DURING THE HELICOPTER TOUR ON 16 SEPTEMBER:
(B) ALTERNATIVELY, A VISIT COULD BE MADE TO CASTLE PEAK ON THE MORNING OF 20 SEPTEMBER, IN PLACE OF ONE OF THE PROPOSED SOCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS:
(C) A SHORT VISIT COULD BE MADE TO KADOORIE FARM ON EITHER 15 OR 16 SEPTEMBER, AS IT IS NOT FAR FROM FANLING LODGE.
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