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FROM: P F Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 4 November 1991

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PERSONAL BY FAX

Political Adviser,

Hong Kong

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Commissioner

Mr Burns

FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO HONG KONG

1. I paid a fascinating and tightly-packed visit to Hong

Kong in the week of 28 October. I met a wide range of

Policy Secretaries, ExCo and LegCo members, and British and

local business leaders. I also inspected the defence lands

estate from a helicopter, looked at the Colvin House site,

talked with UKRep JLG and the BTC, lunched with Guo and with

NCNA, and spent a morning at Sha Tin new town. I am most

grateful to Government House and to the Political Adviser's office for a splendid programme.

2. Much of the value of the visit was as a voyage of

discovery for me, and it would be wearisome to record all

that I learned. The focus of many of my conservations was the Court of Final Appeal and I will submit separately on that. This minute covers other points of operational

interest.

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