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YRTELNO 25: VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS TO HONG KONG: PRESENTATION OF NOISE ANALYSER (PARAGRAPH 1 II OF TUR)
1. WE DO NOT THINK LORD CAITHNESS NEED MAKE A LONG SPEECH AT THIS PRESENTATION. THE PRESS HOWEVER, WILL BE PRESENT AND THEREFORE WHAT HE SAYS COULD BE WELL REPORTED, AND MIGHT FEATURE ON TV NEWS, HE COULD PERHAPS REFER TO OUR SHARED CONCERN OVER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RECOGNISING THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG - DENSITY OF POPULATION, RAPID GROWTH, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION AND NOISE. HONG KONG IS VERY NOISY. THE MINISTER COULD EMPHASISE THAT NOISE CAN BE JUST AS DAMAGING TO HEALTH AS OTHER MORE OBVIOUS FORMS OF POLLUTION AND EXPRESS SATISFACTION THAT THIS IMPORTANT AREA OF RESEARCH IS NOT BEING NEGLECTED.
2. IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING THE EQUIPMENT, THE BRITISH COUNCIL WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF LORD CAITHNESS WOULD PRESENT A CHEQUE FROM THEM FOR GBP2,000 TO BUY RELATED REFERENCE MATERIAL AND TEXT BOOKS FROM THE UK. THE BRITISH COUNCIL ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEIR OVERALL OBJECTIVES HERE IF THEY COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GIFT FROM THE FCO. A COPY OF THE UP-DATED BRIEF THE COUNCIL PREPARED FOR HRH THE DUKE OF KENT IN DECEMBER IS BEING FAXED TO YOU TODAY. WHILE THIS IS BY NO MEANS COMPREHENSIVE, IT GIVES A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN HONG KONG. LORD CAITHNESS MIGHT INCLUDE A WARM REFERENCE TO THE COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES AND EXPANDING ROLE IN HIS SPEECH.
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