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factories on the new industrial estates.
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A "Buy British" Campaign
6.
A further possibility to be explored is that of persuading
trade associations, the CMA, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries
and the Chamber of Commerce to encourage their members to look first
to Britain as a source of supply. The Trade Commission is geared to
act as a clearing house for enquiries, although it might require extra
staff if the exercise generated a sizeable number of them. Clearly
careful thought would have to be given to the terms in which such a
proposal was put: it would soon become public knowledge if it were
widely disseminated and could have political and commercial repręcussions.
Market Surveys
7.
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From time to time the Trade Commission prepares market reports.
The British Overseas Trade Board circulates them to interested companies.
These surveys are not expected to go into the sort of detail one would
expect from a professional market survey (the Commission is just not
staffed for this and is under instruction, in any case, to keep them short); they are designed only to interest firms, looking at the
possible opportunities more closely for themselves. As an example,
such a report was prepared recently on the man-made fibre fabrics
market in Hong Kong. This seems to have stimulated Courtaulds to set
up their own office in Hong Kong.
8.
A joint exercise with the TDC and the Chamber of Commerce on
market opportunities here, with a view to the preparation of further
market reports would be extremely useful. A case in point would be. the plastics industry. The Commission has agreed to prepare a report
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