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YRTELNO 1090: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: 26-28
JULY
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN TUR. WE HAVE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF THEM IN THE DRAFT PROGRAMME IN MIFT.
2. SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON YOUR POINTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR THE WORKING SUPPER ON 26 JULY. THIS COULD EITHER BE WITH THE TEAM THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS NOW PUT TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL/CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES OR A MUCH SMALLER GROUP OF ONLY THE TOP FOUR OR FIVE OFFICIALS. THE FORMER WOULD MEAN A TABLE OF ABOUT 20 PEOPLE (INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE TEAM), BUT THE GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS THIS BECAUSE IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL INVOLVED HERE TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VIEWS.
B. THERE ARE ALSO TWO OPTIONS FOR A CONTAINER PORT VISIT: HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS (HIT: OWNED BY LI KA-SHING) AND MODERN TERMINALS (MTL). WE GENERALLY TRY TO BALANCE VIP VISITS BETWEEN THEM. SINCE THE GOVERNOR VISITED HIT YESTERDAY (15 JULY), IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE VISITED MTL. SBTC COULD THEN INCLUDE LI KA-SHING IN HIS LUNCH FOR SENIOR LOCAL AND BRITISH BUSINESSMEN, WOULD THAT DO, OR WOULD YOU PREFER THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO MEET LI KA-SHING DURING HIS VISIT TO HIT?
C. WE HAVE PROPOSED A VISIT TO TSUEN WAN, ONE OF THE NEAREST DISTRICTS TO THE CONTAINER TERMINAL. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NO OBJECTION, THE GOVERNOR IS CONSIDERING JOINING HIM FOR THIS PART OF THE PROGRAMME.
D. MESSRS MARKHAM AND LAU WILL BE INVITED TO SBTC'S LUNCH. THE SECRETARY OF STATE COULD HAVE A PRIVATE WORD WITH THEM IN THE MARGINS OF THAT IF HE WISHED.
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