importance to Hong Kong, words like "about which
they were particularly concerned" could be
added to the penultimate sentence of paragraph 11.
5.4.
perhaps
Although I realise that it would not be
appropriate to refer in the brief to our under-
taking to keep Hong Kong fully informed of the
progress of the negotiations and to consult them
as and when their interests are affected, I take it
assume that there is no possibility of the undertaking being overlooked on the course of neediations?
48.
My remaining comments are minor ones:
(a) In paragraph 2 and the table mentioned
in paragraph 3, it might be helpful to
show re-exports separately from
domestic exports.
(b) In paragraph 4 I agree with the point
Selwyn has made about the reduction
in the c.e.t. on some important items
of interest to Hong Kong being well
below the average tariff reductions in
Mr.
the Kennedy Round. . Cowperthwaite
also made this point.
(c) The word "adequate" in relation to
transitional periods appears once in
paragraph 13 and twice in paragraph
15. Perhaps it ought to be made
clearer that in these contexts it
means that the transitional period
for the application of the c.e.t. to
Hong Kong's exports should be no
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