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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
LORD CAITHNESS'S VISIT: 16-22 FEBRUARY
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MIFT CONTAINS A PROPOSED DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT. IT INCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS WHICH LORD CAITHNESS SUGGESTED AT HIS MEETING WITH ME ON 7 JANUARY, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
(A) SOMETHING CULTURAL. SADLY, IT IS NOT A GOOD WEEK FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, FOLLOWING AS IT DOES THE ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. THE NEWLY OPENED HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART ON THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT WOULD, HOWEVER, BE WELL WORTH A VISIT. IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING WITH QUITE A GOOD COLLECTION OF HONG KONG AND CHINESE ART.
(B) BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. LORD CAITHNESS HAS AGREED TO SBTC'S PROPOSAL THAT HE GIVE A SPEECH TO THE CHAMBER, WHICH COULD BE ASKED TO ORGANIZE A LUNCH JOINTLY WITH THE OTHER LEADING BRITISH BUSINESSMEN'S ORGANIZATION, THE BRITISH BULLDOGS.
POLITICAL GROUPS.
(C) MEETINGS WITH THE THREE MAIN LEGCO GROUPS, NAMELY THE UNITED DEMOCRATS, THE COOPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE AND THE
WE HAVE INCLUDED SLOTS FOR SEPARATE
''INDEPENDANTS''.
(D) UP AND COMING LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS.
I WILL INCLUDE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS IN THE DINNER I WOULD LIKE TO HOST FOR LORD CAITHNESS ON 20 FEBRUARY. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE ALSO TO HOST A DRINKS RECEPTION TO WHICH A BROADER CROSS-SECTION OF PROMISING YOUNG CIVIL SERVANTS, INCLUDING SOME FROM DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, CAN BE INVITED.
(3)
THE RACES. THERE IS A RACE MEETING AT HAPPY VALLEY ON 19 FEBRUARY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE HOSTS. WE MIGHT APPROACH WILLIE PURVES IF LORD CAITHNESS AGREES.
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