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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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OF 14150OZ MARCH 91
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AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
WIPO REGIONAL FORUM IN KOREA: INVITATION TO HONG KONG
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WE HAVE RECEIVED VIA UKMIS GENEVA A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO)
INVITING THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TO NOMINATE AN OFFICIAL TO ATTEND, AND SPEAK AT, A WIPO ASIAN REGIONAL FORUM, TO BE HELD IN DAEDUK IN KOREA ON 8-10 MAY 1991. THE FORUM WILL BE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE
EFFECTIVE USE OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEM. THE
ORGANISERS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE HONG KONG DELEGATE MIGHT WISH TO DELIVER A PAPER ON ''TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: THE POLICE AND CUSTOMS SERVICES''. THIS PAPER WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE PUBLISHED WITH THE OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORUM. A COPY OF THE INVITATION IS BEING FAXED TO THE DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
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YOU WILL RECALL THAT IN JANUARY THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTENDED A WIPO REGIONAL ROUND TABLE IN PHUKET AS AN UNACCREDITED OBSERVER. SO FAR AS WE KNOW, THIS APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED OFF WITHOUT CHINESE COMMENT. BUT THE TERMS OF THIS LATEST INVITATION WOULD OBVIOUSLY GIVE THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE A HIGHER PROFILE.
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SHOULD YOU WISH TO NOMINATE A HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THIS FORUM, WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING HOW THIS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT AROUSING CHINESE SENSITIVITIES. AS
IT WILL BE AN ASIAN REGIONAL FORUM, THE UK HAS NOT BEEN INVITED. IT OCCURS TO US THAT
ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION MIGHT BE FOR THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND AS AN EXPERT IN HIS OWN RIGHT AND TO SPEAK IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY RATHER THAN AS AN OFFICIAL HONG KONG DELEGATE.
BEFORE WE REVERT TO WIPO, GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS FORUM, AND IF SO, WHETHER YOU WOULD
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