TNAG-2234-FCO40-3207-FCO-sponsored-visits-from-Hong-Kong-to-the-UK-1991 — Page 6

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YOUR TELNO 2052: FCO SPONSORED VISITS: CATEGORY 1.

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I DISCUSSED THIS WITH PETER RICKETTS DURING HIS VISIT TO

HONG KONG LAST WEEK. HE SAID THAT THE INTENTION WAS TO FOCUS ON CURRENT LEGCO MEMBERS. THIS SEEMS SENSIBLE. IT WOULD RULE OUT VINCENT LO, WHO INCIDENTALLY NOT A MEMBER OF THE LDF CALTHOUGH HE IS A LEADING LIGHT IN THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL FEDERATION) AND WHO, IN MY CASE, VISITS THE UK REGULARLY.

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WE ALSO DOUBT WHETHER IT WOULD BE WORTH INVITING DR.C.H. LEONG (NOT LO AS IN TUR). HE TOO VISITS THE UK REGULARLY, AND THE HKDF ARE NOT A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL FORCE.

WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE TO BE INVITED SHOULD BE CHOSEN

FROM THE FOLLOWING:-

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(A) YEUNG SUM (HK ISLAND WEST CONSTITUENCY). ONE OF THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN OF UDHK AND ONE OF THEIR MOST ARTICULATE AND PROMISING MEMBERS. HE HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN ASSUMING THE ROLE OF

UDHK SPOKESMAN ON LEGCO MATTERS

(B) NG MING-YUN (NT WEST CONSTITUENCY). ANOTHER OF THE BRIGHT YOUNG UDHK MEMBERS, WITH A STRONG LOCAL BASE IN TUEN MUN.

(C) FRED LI WAH-MING KOWLOON EAST CONSTITUENCY). VICE- CHAIRMAN OF MEETING POINT, WHICH NOW HAS THREE DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS IN LEGCO. ANOTHER ARTICULATE AND IMPRESSIVE POLITICIAN,

WITH A STRONG LOCAL BASE.

(D) FREDRICK FUNG KIN-KEE (KOWLOON WEST CONSTITUENCY). LONG TIME SOUND ACTIVIST, ESPECIALLY ON HOUSING MATTERS, AND THE ONLY LEGCO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLES LIVELIHOOD, A LIBERAL GROUP THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN OUT WITH THE UDHK. AN ELECTED URBAN COUNCILLOR.

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