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17 NOVEMBER 1976 language broadcasts; and if he will itemise this expenditure.
Mr. Luard: In the current financial year, the net cost to Her Majesty's Gov.
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Yugoslav (Serbo Croat and Slovene) . Bulgarian
Central European. Service ...it
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ernment of foreign language broadcast- ing by the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion External Services is estimated at
This total £15,409,000. following:
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Hindi
Persian
Urdu
Bengali
Burmese
Tamil
Nepali
Far Eastern Service
Chinese
Indonesian and Malay
Vietnamese
Japanese Thai
South European Service.
Italian
Greek Spanish
Turkish Portuguese
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Latin American Service
Spanish
Brazilian...t.
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African Service
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235,000
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Hong Kong oba tolued m Sir Anthony Royle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Comonwealth Affairs what has been the increase of gross domestic product in real terms of 1975 over 1974 and the estimated increase of 1976 over 1975 in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Mr. Luard: The increase in gross domestic product in real terms for 1975 over 1974 was plus 3 per cent. in the case of Hong Kong, and minus 1-4 per cent. in the case of the United Kingdom. The
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estimated increase for 1976 over 1975 in the case of Hong Kong is approximately 16 per cent. A. comparison: of: the first six months of 1976 with the first six months of 1975 in the case of the United Kingdom shows a decrease of 0.1 per cent. in gross domestic productcboy
Sir Anthony Royle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what date the Government of Hong Kong intend to provide three years of secondary education for all students; how many new places have been provided in 1976 to date; and how many. new
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HONG KONG: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS: SIR ANTHONY ROYLE MP
1.
Sir Anthony Royle MP (Conservative nine Questions for written answer.
2.
Sir Anthony Royle is a former FCO Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State who had responsibility for Hong Kong. As a member of the Anglo-Hong Kong Parliamentary Group he takes a close and friendly interest in Hong Kong affairs. His most recent previous Question, Flag A which was answered by Mr Luard on 26 October, dealt with contracts
placed by the Hong Kong Government in this country. These Questions are, I am certain, designed to counterbalance the somewhat critical Questions which Mr Frank Hooley MP and Mr Robert Parry MP have recently tabled.
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3. The Hong Kong Government have provided most of the information needed to answer Sir Anthony Royle's Questions (Hong Kong telegrams nos 1149 and 1150).
4. I submit draft replies to Sir Anthony Royle's Questions. OLA and Economists Department, as appropriate, concur.
16 November 1976
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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your
or WRITTEN answer on 17 November 1976 Under-Secretary by
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Noon, Tuesday.
16 November 1976.
Sir Anthony Royle (Richmond): To ask the Secretary of State fo Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the increase of gross domestic product in real terms of 1975 over 1974 and the estimated increase of 1976 over 1975 in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
Mr Evan Luard
The increase in Gross Domestic Product in real terms for 1975 over 1974 was plus 3% in the case of Hong Kong, and minus 1.4% in the case of the United Kingdom. The estimated increase for 1976 over 1975 in the case of Hong Kong is approximately 16%. A comparison of the first six months of 1976 with the first six months of 1975 in the case of the United Kingdom shows a decrease of 0.1% in Gross Domestic Product.
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