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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1997
OF 291005Z JULY 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
FOR DAVIS, FED.
FROM POLITICAL ADVISER.
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VISIT OF AMBASSADOR MA YUZHEN TO HONG KONG.
1. AMBASSADOR MA WILL BE TRANSITING HONG KONG FROM 1-5 AUGUST ON HIS WAY BACK TO CHINA ON LEAVE. THE GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THE BOAT OUT FOR HIM.
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WE HAVE ALREADY ARRANGED THROUGH NCNA THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL HOST A DINNER FOR AMBASSADOR AND MRS. MA ON 4 AUGUST. HE SUGGESTS THAT THIS SHOULD BE ON BOARD HIS LAUNCH, THE LADY MAURINE. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CHECK THAT THE AMBASSADOR HAS GOOD SEA LEGS AND IS CONTENT WITH THIS.
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TONY AND JAN GALSWORTHY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER AMBASSADOR AND MRS.MA A MEAL, PREFERABLY LUNCH ON 4 AUGUST. IN ADDITION WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE FOR A HELICOPTER TOUR OF HONG KONG. THE RHKAAF CAN MAKE AVAILABLE A HELICOPTER AT ANY TIME ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3 AUGUST. THE ROUTE WOULD GO OVER THE RECLAMATION IN WEST KOWLOON, THE CONTAINER TERMINAL, CHEK LAP KOK, THE BUDDHA AT PO LIN MONASTERY ON LANTAU, CASTLE PEAK, THE BORDER (FROM WHERE THERE IS A GOOD VIEW OF SHEZHEN AND YANTIAN PORT), TOLO HARBOUR AND KAI TAK. I WOULD ACCOMPANY.
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GIVEN THE OFTEN SLOW PACE OF NCNA COMMUNICATIONS AND THE SHORT TIME BEFORE MA'S ARRIVAL, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PUT THE ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS IN PARAGRAPH 3 TO MA AND LET US KNOW HIS RESPONSE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE HE AND MRS.MA WOULD LIKE TO DO WHILST IN HONG KONG, EITHER TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO OBLIGE.
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