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MDHIAN 6767
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 78
OF 061043Z MARCH 91
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нив 370 ///
18 YAR (991
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM HEAP
YRTELNO 64: ANGLO-HONG KONG TRØST
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1. I HAVE NO PARTICULAR POINTS OTHER THAN TO SUGGEST THAT THE PRIME MINISTER GIVES GENERAL SUPPORT TO BRITISH EXPORTERS. HIS AUDIENCE WILL INCLUDE SOME BIG BUYERS. THE RECENT CHINESE PERFORMANCE OVER THE AIRPORT SEEMS TO BE GIVING EVER-ADDED PUBLICITY TO THE CONCEPT THAT TO GIVE BRITAIN MAJOR CONTRACTS IS TO UPSET THE CHINESE INCREASINGLY I THINK THERE IS A NEED TO STRESS WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE FOR HONG KONG AND WHAT BRITISH COMPANIES HAVE DONE FOR HONG KONG, AND TO VOICE THE EXPECTATION THAT THOSE TRADING LINKS, OF GREAT VALUE TO US BOTH, SHOULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED AND EXPANDED. GIVEN THE ENORMOUS WEALTH AND SIZE OF THE INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS OF MOST OF THE GUESTS IT MIGHT ALSO BE A SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A REFERENCE TO THE UK'S ATTRACTIVENESS AS A HOME FOR INWARD INVESTMENT SHOULD ANY OF THOSE PRESENT BE THINKING OF SETTING UP IN EUROPE PRIOR TO 1992 OR LATER.
2. DR PAULINE CHAN, WHO IS DESCRIBED IN YOUR NOTES AS HAVING GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY, HAS IN FACT FINANCED TWO FELLOWSHIPS, BOTH I BELIEVE AT ST. HILDA'S, ONE FOR PHYSICS AND ONE FOR ECONOMICS.
3. T T TSUI MIGHT REQUIRE A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION. HE IS I THINK BEGINNING TO FEEL THAT HIS EXCEPTIONAL GENEROSITY TO THE UK HAS NOT BROUGHT MUCH RECOGNITION. HE IS LESS POLISHED THAN MANY OF THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS AND WITH POOR ENGLISH. HE IS A LITTLE UPSET THAT HE HAS NOT SO FAR BEEN INVITED TO APPLY FOR A UK PASSPORT IN THE 500 ENTREPRENEURS CATEGORY. HE HAS RECENTLY INVESTED IN THE UK BY BUYING A SOUTH LONDON BUS OPERATING COMPANY.
4. THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLICITY AT ALL FOR THE EVENT HERE, BUT I DOUBT WHETHER DAVID TANG FOR ONE, WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP QUITE ABOUT IT FOR LONG.
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