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Governor Hong
No. 326
Kong
(Date) 215.
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DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
Following is Annex to message in MIPT.
1. HMG appreciate that few if any other Dependent
Territories have contributed to the cost of their
own defence by HM Armed Forces on the same scale
as Hong Kong has done over the years. But this
should not be allowed to obscure the fact that
the reason why many territories have not paid
defence contributions to HMG is that their defence
requirements have been met by essentially local
forces paid for from the local budget.
2.
Hong Kong is not unique as a Dependent
Territory in that it receives little aid for
development purposes from HMG. The Bahamas and
Bermuda are both in a similar position and have
been since development aid was initiated.
3.
MR D J J BRACK,
TREASURY
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It is true that the 1966 defence contribution
was formally presented as a basic contribution of
/£3.5 million
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