Points on specific points on which I
sought advice were:
(1)
Price control techniques for meat
rationing bearing in mind the number
of different cuts in each animal and
the wide variation in the quality of
meat from different sources:
The
United Kingdom system was devised from
Government ownership at some point
along the line for all meat
with
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the result that at that point they
established a standard price applicable
to such meat, and a universal price
list could be established for different
cuts and standards of meat. This, of
course, involved Government subsidy at
some stage (which, again, we thought
made United Kingdomadvice in this
field probably irrelvant to Hong Kong);
Methods of applying price control in
cases where supplies have to be
imported at different prices. Is it,
for example, necessary for Government
to import all supplies itself, or is
it possible for Government to buy them
from importers on arrival? In general
is it possible for price control to be
applied whilst retaining normal commerc-
ial systems of supply and distribution:
In general this is answered by the above,
but it was thought that, in spite of the
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