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PROPOSED VISIT TO HONG KONG BY LU PING.
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LINUS CHEUNG, A DIRECTOR OF CATHAY PACIFIC AND FORMER MEMBER
OF THE CENTRAL POLICY UNIT TOLD THE SECRETARY FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ON 7 JULY THAT LU PING WOULD BE VISITING THE US FROM MID-SEPTEMBER, TAKING IN WASHINGTON AND A FEW OTHER CITIES AND ENDING UP IN LOS ANGELES. HE WOULD SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE BEFORE RETURNING TO PEKING TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER. HIS SON, LU GONG, HAD TOLD LINUS CHEUNG THAT LU WAS CONSIDERING WHETHER CONDITIONS MIGHT BE RIPE FOR HIM TO TRAVEL HOME VIA HONG KONG. LU GONG SAID THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE VERY PRELIMINARY THINKING OF HIS FATHER: CA LOT WOULD DEPEND ON YOUR VISIT TO PEKING AND DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER).
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I HAVE SENT A MESSAGE BACK VIA LINUS CHEUNG, WHO SAW BOTH LU GONG AND CHEN ZUO'ER TODAY, TO SAY THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE LU PING IN HONG KONG IN LATE SEPTEMBER IF THAT COULD BE FITTED INTO HIS TRAVEL PLANS. THERE WOULD NO DOUBT BE MUCH TO DISCUSS BY
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