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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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OUR TELNO 3741, YOUR TELNO 88: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG
1. WE ARE TODAY FAXING THE FIRST DRAFT REPORT TO YOU, WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY. WE HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING FEW CHANGES TO
THE OUTLINE AGREED:
(A) 'VISITS BY THE GOVERNOR'. THERE WERE TWO RELEVANT VISITS IN
1989: TO GENEVA AND TO THE UNITED STATES. THE FORMER IS MENTIONED
IN THE VBP PARAGRAPHS. WE DOUBT THAT IT IS WORTH RETAINING THE SECTION ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REMAINING VISIT, AND THEREFORE PROPOSE OMITTING IT.
(B) ORDER OF SECTIONS. WE HAVE PLACED THE VBP, IMMIGRATION/EMIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES SECTIONS EARLIER IN THE REPORT, AS YOU SUGGESTED. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY SECTION SEEMED BEST PLACED AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION, AND WE HAVE MOVED IT ACCORDINGLY.
(C) CONTENT OF SECTIONS
(I) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
NEW PARAGRAPHS ON PUBLIC WORKS AND NEW TOWNS HAVE BEEN ADDED. TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN MOVED TO SIT ALONGSIDE INDUSTRY.
(II) PERFORMANCE. OF THE ECONOMY
WE FELT ON REFLECTION THAT HONG KONG/CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND
REGULATION OF FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS EACH MERITED SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS.
(III) SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
THE SECTION HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY REARRANGED AND A PARAGRAPH ON LABOUR LEGISLATION ADDED.
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