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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YRTELNOS 96 AND 100: VISIT OF LORD CAITHNESS: 16-22 FEBRUARY
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN TURS. WE HAVE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF THEM IN THE REVISED DRAFT PROGRAMME IN MIFT.
2. SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON POINTS YOU RAISED IN SECOND TUR ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) WE NOTE THE MINISTER'S WISH TO HAVE TIME BETWEEN ENGAGEMENTS. TO MEET HIS PARTICULAR WISH TO HAVE MORE TIME BEFORE MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL GROUPS, WE HAVE RESCHEDULED THE SESSION WITH UDHK TO 1130 ON 18 FEBRUARY AND MOVED THE MEETING WITH LEGCO INDEPENDENTS TO 0930 ON 20 FEBRUARY. WE HAVE PROPOSED ADVANCING SLIGHTLY THE MINISTER'S MEETINGS WITH GALSWORTHY AND ZHOU NAN ON
19 FEBRUARY TO GIVE A BREAK BEFORE MEETING THE CRC.
(B) ON VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, ONE POSSIBILITY IS THE GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE (WHICH LORD CAITHNESS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEFORE HIS LAST VISIT, BUT WHICH HAD TO BE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LACK OF ARRIVALS). THIS WOULD BE WELL WORTHWHILE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE SOME NEW ARRIVALS PRIOR TO THE VISIT. IF THERE ARE NOT, WE COULD FALL BACK ON HIGH ISLAND. THE PRIME MINISTER VISITED HIGH ISLAND LAST SEPTEMBER, BUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CAMP HAS SINCE PASSED FROM THE POLICE TO CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.
(C) WE HAVE ARRANGED A VISIT TO THE TDC AT 1430 ON 19 FEBRUARY.
THIS WAS OMITTED IN ERROR FROM OUR PREVIOUS PROGRAMME.
(D) A BRIEFING BY RICHARD ALLEN IN HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED AT 1430 ON 20 FEBRUARY, FOLLOWED BY A HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE TERRITORY WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE CHEK LAP KOK
SITE. ALLEN WOULD ACCOMPANY THE MINISTER ON THE FLIGHT.
(E) AN INVITATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO GORDON WU BY SBTC, BUT NO REPLY HAS BEEN RECEIVED YET.
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