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QUESTION:
Have you yet seen the Commonwealth
Secretary or 'Mrs. Judith Hart?
SIR DAVID TRENCH: I have seen them both.
QUESTION: You said the Chinese tactic was to
Macao-ise Hong Kong. I cannot quite visualise what the
situation would be in Hong Kong and what the impact would
be on Chinese trade.
SIR DAVID TRENCH: It is difficult for me too,
I am afraid. Macao is a small place and Hong Kong such a
big one. How is it a big city such as Hong Kong could
not compete with Macao really? But of course if they
managed to get a very large proportion of the population
on their side and opposing government authority, it would,
be difficult, but they have not got a large proportion.、
QUESTION: You do not see that they are likely
to at all?
SIR DAVID TRENCH:
No.
!
The only way they would
get anybody on their side is by intimidation, bribery..
This strike of transport buses was for $500 and 50 cans of
`rice.
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QUESTION:
Do you expect this to fizzle out?
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SIR DAVID TRENCH: The whole thing?
QUESTION: Yes, the actions by your Government
against strikers?
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SIR DAVID TRENCH: It is difficult for me. So long
as Peking keeps the pot boiling it is difficult for the local
boys to give it up.
QUESTION:
There are stories from Hong Kong that
there is a fighting fund and the communist committee has
levied considerable blackmail taxes on business and is getting
them in.
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