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(E) CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ALL THE ARMS OF WHITEHALL AND THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE WITH AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND ITS REGIONAL ROLE:
(F) COMPLEMENTARY STRATEGIES FOR BTC AND BRITISH COUNCIL. (G) BE READY TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES IN THE PROBABLY INEVITABLE PERIODS OF TENSION.
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WE SHOULD DRAW ON OUR WORLD-WIDE EXPERIENCE AND APPLY THE BEST OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IN OTHER BOOMING ECONOMIES PRINCIPALLY EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND THE GULF.
23. FOR BUSINESS THE RISK LIES IN GETTING THE PREDICTION WRONG: THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM FOR GOVERNMENT FOR ARGUABLY THE CONSULATE-GENERAL WILL BE MORE, NOT LESS BUSY, IF THE OPTIMISTS ARE PROVED WRONG. THE NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT, ITS MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM, ITS POWER STATIONS, ITS RECORD IN A SCORE OF SECTORS, ARE WORLD-CLASS MODELS. IF WE ARE TO SUPPORT AND REPRESENT BRITISH BUSINESS IN SUCH A PLACE WE SHOULD AIM NO LOWER.
24. FCO PLEASE PASS TO PS/HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AND TO THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR AG D-G AND MR BUCHANAN.
25. AN UP TO DATE SUMMARY OF WHERE BRITISH COMPANIES STAND ON MAJOR CONTRACTS IS BEING FAXED SEPARATELY TO FCO AND DTI. THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL NO DOUBT BE BRIEFED ORALLY ON THE OUTCOME OF MR NEEDHAM'S VISIT.
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