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5. FROM 3 TO 11 JULY, I PLAN TO MAKE MY FIRST VISIT TO THE REGION AND PROPOSE TO INCLUDE THAILAND, MALAYSIA AND VIETNAM. VIETNAM HAS ALREADY EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO ME.
6. I HAVE BLOCKED OFF THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN A HONG KONG PROMOTION IN FRANKFURT, AMSTERDAM AND PARIS, AND TO MEET SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURES IN BONN, THE HAGUE AND PARIS. I WOULD THEN PLAN TO SPEND THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER IN LONDON, DURING WHICH I WOULD ATTEND A BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON THE THEME ''HONG KONG WORKS'' PROVISIONALLY PROPOSED FOR 10 NOVEMBER. I MAY ALSO ATTEND THE ANNUAL TDC DINNER IF IT CAN BE ARRANGED FOR THE SAME WEEK.
7. MY PLANS FOR 1994 ARE INEVITABLY MORE VAGUE, BUT YOU MAY FIND IT HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE IN MIND:-
(A) IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY, I PLAN TO ATTEND THE WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM'S ANNUAL MEETING IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND AND STOP OVER IN LONDON EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE MEETING.
(B) IN SPRING 1994, I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT AUSTRALIA. BY THEN, THE 1993 FEDERAL ELECTIONS SHOULD BE SAFELY OUT OF THE WAY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE THIS WITH A VISIT TO INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE, AS MY SECOND REGIONAL VISIT.
(C) IN AUTUMN 1994, I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES
AGAIN. THIS COULD TIE IN WITH A POSSIBLE HONG KONG PROMOTION THERE.
(D) IN NOVEMBER 1994, I PLAN TO ATTEND THE 17TH JOINT PLENARY
SESSION OF THE HONG KONG/JAPAN AND JAPAN/HONG KONG
BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES IN TOKYO AND MEET SENIOR JAPANESE POLITICAL PERSONALITIES.
8. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU AND ADDRESSEES MAY HAVE AT THIS STAGE.
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