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not always
upon
on several
visit should
of
our
be possible but I suggest that British Embassy, Peking could give it a a try. We should also impress
the Chinese that their preferably have a theme, focussing on a particular aspect, or
related aspects, legal/judicial system. Hopefully, this would influence the composition of their future delegations. certainly would not wish to see the programme being used simply as an opportunity for Chinese officials to see the outside world. Except for Zhang and Cao, members of the delegation had never been away from the Mainland before.
We
3.
As to the programme itself,
itself, the feedback We have had suggests that it might have been slightly too heavy. You will notice from the programme (also attached) that there were three consecutive full days of activities in
in the
the middle
middle of
of the week, leaving the Chinese with relatively more free time towards the end. This could be easily rectified next time. I must say that, on balance, four full days out of seven must be just about right.
4.
In keeping with the diverse backgrounds of the Chinese officials, it was fairly noticeable that most of them were interested only in those parts of the programme, that were most relevant to their particular work (e.g. DU Zhong Xing was much more attracted to the briefing by Correctional
Correctional Services
to Services Department than anything else). This is quite understandable. It seemed that throughout the programme only the team leader felt interested or inquisitive enough (or perhaps obliged) to raise questions or to engage in discussions, whilst the rest of the delegation proved to be better listeners. We hope this could be avoided in future if, as suggested
suggested in paragraph 2 above, the next delegation comes with a better defined theme. need be, we could arrange a shorter visit.
5.
If
On
none.
visit.
Lastly, a few remarks on publicity. previous occasions, we have arranged virtually However, we did give low-key publicity to this As you may be aware, immediately before it, a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Bureau of the State Council came to Hong Kong and managed to attract rather extensive press coverage, particularly declining an invitation to an
OMELCO tea-party.
when
This
was construed by the local
local press as being a Chinese snub to the status of OMELCO. To avoid any unnecessary and perhaps inaccurate speculation over the LSV,
we
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