TNAG-2235-FCO40-3208-Official-visits-from-Hong-Kong-to-the-UK-1991 — Page 18

COVERING CONFIDENTIAL

MAY 27/4

ED

FROM: N J COX

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 31 October 1991

51

cc: Sir J Coles

Mr Burns o/r

Mr Broadbent,

Economic Advisers

PS/Lord Caithness

CALL ON LORD CAITHNESS BY MRS. ANSON CHAN,

SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES: 1 NOVEMBER 1991

述

1

I submit talking-points and background. I also attach Mrs Chan's CV and a description of her responsibilities.

-

2

2. It will be interesting to hear Mrs Chan's views on

progress on the airport project. Her Branch co-ordinates work on PADS. This is also an opportunity to lobby for British commercial interests, but as Mrs Chan may be unsure how to react to this we should make clear the basis on which we do so: we are not asking her to tilt the playing field.

3. More generally the meeting is part of our policy of increasing contacts with top Hong Kong civil servants giving them face and encouraging them to feel more

Quasi-

self-confidence in their quan-political role.

YETABP/1

he

N J. COX

GOVERING CONFIDENTIAL