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HKK
(1137/548/5
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
98
SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Monday, February 14, 1972
BRITISH ASSOCIATION WITH E.C.C. WOULD BRING RICH REWARDS
TO HONG KONG : SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME
Two International Developments Of Profound
Significance To Hong Kong
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The Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, expressed the hope
today that over the years Britain's association with the European Economic
Community would bring rewarding prizes to Hong Kong.
Speaking at an official luncheon in the Mandarin Hotel, Sir Alec
pointed out that the Common Market was the largest trading group in the world.
The Foreign Secretary spoke about two of the international developments
which he considered among the most important at the present time.
This was the enlargement of the European Economic Community and the
Both of these developments, he said,
seating of China in the United Nations.
were of profound significance to Hong Kong.
Britain would become a full member of the Common Market in under
a year. In the negotiations for entry, the British Government had kept in the
"closest touch" with the Hong Kong Government and fought hard for Hong Kong's
interests.
/He told