EN CLAIR
FROM HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
10FEB 1972
HKCK3/548/5
TO ROUTINE FCO PELNO 153 OF 14 FEBRUARY
SPEECH THREE PARA THERE WAS GROUP OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
WHO WERE CONTANTLY ACTIVE ON HONGKONGS BEHALF AND BOTH
HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAD TO ANSWER STEADY STREAM OF
LETTERS AND QUESTIONS OF HONGKONG PARA THESE WERE MOSTLY ABOUT
SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS AND
ABOUT GROWTH OF HONGKONG INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION WHICH IT OFFERED PARA QUOTES BUT DO NOT REPEAT NOT IMAGINE THAT THE GENERAL TREND OF THESE QUESTIONS IS TOWARDS GREATER PROTECTION PARA REQUOTES THERE WAS RECOGNITION THAT HONGKONG AS WELL AS
LANCASHIRE HAD TO BE GIVEN AYE FAIR DEAL PARA RQUOTES AS
AYE MEMBER OF HER HAJESTYS GOVERNMENT COMMA EYE
HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO BOTH UNQUOTES HE ADDED
PARA HE SAID THAT FOR ALL THE QUOTES MUTUAL AWARENESS
UNQUOTES OF EACH OTHERS PROBLEMS COMMA THERE WERE BOUND TO
BE TIMES WHEN HONGKONG OR LANCASHIRE FELT THEY HAD NOT REPEAT
NOT BEEN TREATED WITH
CONSIDERATION THEY DESERVED PARA QUOTES WE MUST BOTH MAKE
AYE CONSTANT EFFORT TO AVOID THESE OCCASIONS AND WHEN THEY
ARISE TO END THEM THROUGH AMICABLE CONTACT AND DISCUSSION UNQUOTES PARA SIR ALEC BEGAN HIS SPEECH BY SAYING THAT HAVING VISITED
HONGKONG ONLY ONCE BEFORE REVEALED AYE GAP IN HIS EDUCATION
STOP QUOTES BUT EYE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE THAT HONGKONG
13 ONE OF MONUMENTS TO INGENUITY OF MAN UNQUOTES PARA
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HE HOPED HIS PRESENCE IN HONGKONG WOULD PROVIDE QUOTES TENGIBLE PROOF UNQUOTES OF BRITISH GOVERNMENTS CONTINUING CONCERN FOR HONGKONGS
WELFARE AND PROSPERITY PARA HE SAID BRITAIN WAS
CONCERNED THAT
/SOCIAL