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FM HONG KONG 110900Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 1128 OF 11 NOVEMBER
INFO PEKING AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (F C O PLEASE PASS).
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 893: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS BY MR HOOLEY.
INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE REPLIES TO MR HOOLEY'S TEN
QUESTIONS:-
(1) NONE.
1 (2) WE NOTE THAT YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO ANSWER.
(3) THE HONG KONG LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT HAS NOT (REPEAT NOT) CEASED PUBLICATION. SINCE 1974, IT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED FREE OF CHARGE. OVER 500 COPIES ARE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS. PERSONS WHO WANT COPIES CAN GET THEM FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON. THE COST OF PRODUCING THE REPORT DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS WHEN
IT WAS COSTED SEPARATELY WAS :
(A) 1971: 926 COPIES AT DOLLARS 10.84 EACH B) 1972: 955 COPIES AT DOLLARS 11.76 EACH (C) 1973: 780 COPIES AT DOLLARS 10.55 EACH.
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(4) THE POLITICAL ADVISER IS A DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OFFICER SECONDED TO THE HONG KONG COVERNMENT TO ADVISE ON ITS FOREIGN RELATIONS WHICH ARE, OF COURSE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF H.M.G. HE HAS ONE SECONDED DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OFFICER AND TWO LOCALLY EMPLOYED SECRETARIES TO ASSIST HIM. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PAYS DOLLARS 400,000 IN SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES FOR THESE FOUR OFFICERS.
(5) WE WILL SEND A SEPARATE TELEGRAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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