The other principal item is "Hong Kong and South China in an Asia Pacific context", Chris Fallen is intending to join us for this discussion. I am pursuing with my co-chairman, Motoo Shiina the possibility of holding a follow-up tripartite UK- Japan-HK conference on this subject in Hong Kong later this year The aim would be to bring together high level participants to take a broad strategic look at future trends in Asia, particularly focusing on economic and trade issues.
We are also due to discuss the way our political, social and economic structures are likely to develop in the 1990's, following the bubble economies' of the '80's. And of course bilateral issues. The accent here will be on interpreting the need for more "intellectual exchanges'
" - and we shall be
We are
further investigating the setting up of a UK/Japan "Rhodes Scholarship scheme which was raised at out last meeting. also making a presentation on Good Corporate Citizenship', a programme which has been developed with considerable energy in this country under the direction of the Prince of Wales' Business in the Community initiative.
It has been suggested that when we see Prime Minister
Miyazawa at the end of the meeting, he would on this occasion
like to have a rather more substantive discussion than the rather
formalised occasion which has taken place in the past. This
augers well for our meeting.
Next year's meeting in the UK will be the Group's, tenth anniversary. We are hoping that the Prince of Wales, who has
expressed interest in the work of the Group will be able to join
us on that occasion. We are also looking at other ideas for
marking this as a special occasion.
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