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MR BRIAN HOOK

EDITOR, CHINA QUARTERLY

1. Mr Hook rang this afternoon, in follow-up to your meeting yesterday afternoon.

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2. He said he envisaged being in Peking in the second or third week of July (he leaves the UK on 27 June). discussed with you, he hopes to be able to see one or two people and to say one or two things about Hong Kong. If the information was in the public domain, it would help if we could let him have a note on:-

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an indication of Hong Kong's resources;

disaggregated details on these: ie, accumulated budget reserves, Exchange Fund reserves, and Land Fund reserves (Hong Kong/SAR portion: 50/50?);

PRC'S demand (what have they asked for?);

(d) some information about the financial assumptions

upon which we are proceeding (actual financial situation in Hong Kong in 1997 will depend on trends in public utilities??).

Mr Hook can be reached on:-

0532-333461 (Office) and

0937-582646 (Home) (Fax available)

and his home address is:-

Old Rose Cottage

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Hory Kom Univerary. Unovery Drive

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