TNAG-2212-FCO40-3172-Hong-Kong-annual-report-for-1990-1991 — Page 173

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 201

OF 291555Z JANUARY 91

MTB 9113

2 J^M 1991

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AND TO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG BTC HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 256: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1990

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MDHOAN 6720

MANY THANKS FOR THE DRAFT OF THIS REPORT. WE HAVE CIRCULATED IT TO ALL THOSE INTERESTED AND WILL AIM TO GET IT BACK TO YOU WITH OUR COMMENTS IN MID-FEBRUARY.

2. WE THINK, HOWEVER, THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE IN THIS REPORT SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, IN THE SAME WAY AS THE 1989 REPORT COVERED THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1990. WITH A PUBLICATION DATE IN LATE MARCH WE FEEL IT WOULD STRIKE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AS VERY OUT OF DATE IF IT TOOK NO ACCOUNT OF RECENT EVENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHICH HAVE ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY.

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IT WOULD PERHAPS BE EASIER IF WE NOW DRAFTED HERE THE ADDITIONAL PASSAGES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO THE SECTION ON SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS AND THE RELATED ASPECTS OF THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. WE COULD INCORPORATE ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE ON THESE PARAGRAPHS WHEN FINALISING THE REVISED DRAFT. MEANWHILE WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE ANY UPDATING YOU CONSIDER NECESSARY TO THE OTHER PASSAGES BY 8 FEBRUARY. THE CUT OFF DATE FOR THINGS LIKE BASIC ANNUAL STATISTICS WOULD PRESUMABLY REMAIN THE END OF DECEMBER 1990, BUT UP-TO-DATE FINANCIAL DATA USED IN PREPARING THE BUDGET COULD USEFULLY BE INCLUDED.

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