The
beat. They had a try at the transport companies.
Kowloon red bus is a difficult one but it is running
about 25 per cent, I think. The China bus is running
about 50 per cent, trams 75 per cent, ferries almost
entirely, and all these are the ones supposed to be
tied up by the general strike.
QUESTION:
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Could you just say those again,
it was so fast?
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SIR DAVID TRENCH:
The ferries are running -
almost normally, the trams about 75 per cent, the
China Bus Company about 50 per cent and the Kowloon
bus about 25 per cent.
QUESTION:
Is there any sign yet of the
exports being hit at all?
SIR DAVID TRENCH:
Not as yet, not when
'I left.
QUESTION:
And orders are coming?
SIR DAVID TRENCH:
Orders are still coming
in but of course this is a very dangerous one if the
orders do not come in, if people lose confidence.
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QUESTION:
Has there been then an outflow
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of capital?
SIR DAVID TRENCH: No. We have just got
the figures yesterday, somewhere round about 1.6 per
cent deposit. This is very hot money indeed and I
think it is surprising that there has only been that
much outflow of capital. I think, if you had a similar
situation in this country, you would see a damn sight
more than 1.6 per cent.
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