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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 118
OF 150445Z JANUARY 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
HKC
0261425
MY TELNOS 57-64: VISIT OF LU PING: 5-14 JANUARY
SUMMARY
TWO DAYS OFFICIAL PROGRAMME INCLUDED VISITS BY LU TO THE HK UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT, AND A BRIEFING ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS. NO PUBLIC EVENTS DURING THE REMAINDER OF LU'S STAY, THOUGH HIS MEETINGS WITH SEVERAL (INCLUDING SOME LIBERAL) POLITICAL GROUPS HAVE BEEN WIDELY REPORTED. SOME INTERESTING AND APPARENTLY FLEXIBLE
COMMENTS ON CONTACTS WITH HK POLITICIANS.
DETAIL
2. TURS REPORTED THE DETAIL OF MY DISCUSSIONS WITH LU PING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 6 JANUARY, WHICH WERE THE CENTRE-PIECE OF HIS 2- DAY OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. ON THE MORNING OF THAT DAY, LU AND HIS PARTY VISITED THE NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY WHERE
THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE VICE CHANCELLOR AND SENIOR STAFF. DURING THE VISIT LU EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL AIM OF THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOME-GROWN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS GRADUATES TO HONG KONG'S DEVELOPING ECONOMY.
3.
ON 7 JANUARY, THE PARTY WERE BRIEFED ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS, AND FLEW OVER THE SITE IN A HELICOPTER. THEY HAD LUNCH WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL FIGURES IN YUEN LONG, AND IN THE AFTERNOON VISITED A HOUSING ESTATE AND CIVIC CENTRE IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING A RIDE ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
4.
NCNA, CLEARLY UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM LU, WERE AT PAINS TO EMPHASISE TO US THAT THE REMAINDER OF LU'S STAY IN HONG KONG WAS
INTENDED TO BE PRIVATE: THERE WOULD BE NO PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND
HE WOULD NOT BE MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
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