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FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG/CHINA.)

I COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS AN EXCITING PROJECT AND THAT HMG WAS KEEN TO HELP BUILD UP BBC WSTV. BUT THE POINTS MADE BY THE BBC/HUTCHVISION TEAM WERE FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

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HUTCHVISION WERE NEWCOMERS IN AN ALREADY REGULATED FIELD THERE. I WOULD NEVERTHELESS MAKE SURE THAT THEIR POINTS WERE UNDERSTOOD IN HONG KONG.

COMMENT. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS CONVERSATION, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US IN TOUCH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR THINKING ON POINTS RAISED BY HUTCHISON/BBC.

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