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that the Pritish put their hands in Hong
Kong's pockets føxx★★ɛ and did not always
remember that they were governing Pong Kong
for the benefit of Hong Kong and not F.M.G.
There was no worry about such questions as
the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, but over lack of help with the tunnel,
for instance, until the French came on the
scene, and lack of help with dockyard
employment.
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Mr. Holmes said that the local people
felt that they got no help from the
metropolitan territory. This had perhaps
started with the Pritish protection of the
Lancashire cotton industry which had started
protectionism in textiles. Sir John
Cowperthwaite said that an example of lack
of confidence was the Pritish decision to
impose tarifs on textiles. People in
Hong Kong felt that they had been restricting
(received their exrorts for years and had no credit for
Other examples were the Common Market
it.
and sterling devaluation. Mr. Folmes said
there was a feeling that there relationship
special
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i did not mean that Fong Kong received any
Britain.
special treatment from Bettish
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frence.
Sir David Trench said that as against
all this there were things on the other side,
for instance, the presence of the garrison was appreciated and the events of 1967 had
brought this home.
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