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FM MANILA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 96
OF 160427Z APRIL 93
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG, SEOUL
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PEKING TELNO 374: PRESIDENT RAMOS' VISIT TO CHINA AND HONG KONG
SUMMARY
1. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORMALLY ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT RAMOS' STATE VISIT TO CHINA FROM 25 TO 30 APRIL. HE WILL ALSO VISIT HONG KONG FROM 30 APRIL TO 1 MAY.
DETAIL
THE DFA HAS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED THE PRESIDENT'S STATE VISIT TO CHINA MENTIONED IN TUR. LIKE RAMOS' PREVIOUS TRAVELS WITHIN ASEAN THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL. HE WILL MEET JIANG ZEMIN, LI PENG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLES' CONGRESS. THE PRESIDENT IS REPORTED TO BE KEEN TO LEARN FROM CHINA'S RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND THE ITINERARY WILL INCLUDE SHANGHAI AND GUANGSHAO AS WELL AS PEKING. EXPANDING TRADE LINKS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND IT IS INTENDED THAT A TRADE PROTOCOL WILL BE SIGNED DURING THE VISIT. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DFA THAT APART FROM THE COMMERCIAL DISCUSSIONS TOPICS WILL INCLUDE THE SPRATLY ISLANDS, NORTH KOREA, CAMBODIA AND OTHER REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES. THEY DO NOT EXPECT TAIWAN TO BE RAISED.
3. RAMOS IS ALSO DUE TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WITH THE CHINESE. APART FROM IMPORTANT ECONOMIC LINKS THERE IS CONCERN HERE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE 70,000 STRONG FILIPINO EXPATRIATE COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997.
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THE PRESIDENT WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 30 APRIL TO 1 MAY AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTING TO SEE THE CHIEF SECRETARY. WE HOPE THAT THE ISSUE OF VISAS TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES BOUND FOR THE REGIONAL REFUGEE TRANSIT CENTRE AT BATAAN WILL HAVE BEEN RESUMED BEFORE THIS MEETING (SEE MY TELNO 05 TO HONG KONG NOT COPIED TO PEKING).
5. RAMOS' NEXT OVERSEAS VISIT WILL BE TO SOUTH KOREA DURING THE LAST WEEK IN MAY AND WILL HAVE A SIMILAR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL EMPHASIS.
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