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FCO FOR COMMONWEALTH COORDINATION D'ERI ANDÍ HONG KONG DEPARTMENT

COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE (CPA) CONFERENCE, LIMASSOL, 3-11 SEPTEMBER 1993

39TH ANNUAL

WITH REFERENCE TO YOUR CIRCULAR LETTER OF 4 AUGUST, MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDE MRS PEGGY LAM, MR LAU WAH-SUM AND MISS EMILY LAU WAI-HING. BRIEF PERSONALITY NOTES ARE IN MIFT.

2. AS REGARDS SUBJECTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE HONG KONG DELEGATION, NO DOUBT THEY WOULD ALL BE CONCERNED WITH MATTERS RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND THE STANCE OF HMG IN THE ON-GOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. IN THE CASE OF MISS LAU, WHO IS THE MOST VOCAL AMONG THE THREE, SHE WILL LIKELY LOBBY FOR GRANT OF BRITISH NATIONALITY FOR THE NON- CHINESE MINORITIES IN HONG KONG. SHE LED A LOBBYING DELEGATION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE UK IN JUNE ON THIS ISSUE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS FROM THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT.

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