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IT NOW SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE FULL USE OF OUR SPONSORED VISITS QUOTA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR. WE WOULD HOWEVER LIKE TO HAVE AN EARLY START ON OUR 1991/92 QUOTA WHICH, AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, HAS BEEN REDUCED IN RESPECT OF CATEGORY I VISITORS FROM FOUR TO TWO. ALLOCATION OF CATEGORY II VISITORS HOWEVER HAS INCREASED TO TEN.

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IT OCCURS TO US THAT IN VIEW OF THE LEGCO ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER YOUR LIST OF POSSIBLE VISITORS COULD USEFULLY INCLUDE SOME ELECTED LEGCO MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION. WE COULD THEN GET THE COI TO ARRANGE VISITS CENTRED ON THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS HERE - THE IDEA BEING, OF COURSE, TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN HONG KONG OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND PRACTICES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THIS AND FOR AN IDEA OF WHEN WE ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS OF POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.

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