PRIORITY
GPS 610
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 070249Z
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.1178 OF 7 OCTOBER 78.
FOR MURRAY FROM GOVERNOR.
SPEECH TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL : 11 OCTOBER.
MY TELNO.1173.
HER OB/4.
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See 17
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I REGISTRY
(Action Takes
1. IN VIEW OF HUANG HUA'S VISIT YOU SHOULD KNOW OF THE FOLLOWING
PASSAGES IN MY SPEECH COVERING RELATIONS OVER HONG KONG, WATER
SUPPLIES AND IMMIGRATION,
2. BEGINS 1-
SINO/BRITISH RELATIONS.
THEY
I WILL START WITH A WORD ABOUT SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
CONTINUE TO BE VERY GOOD, AND THEY ARE GOOD SPECIFICALLY OVER HONG KONG, AND WE KNOW WELL THE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL ATTITUDE
OF CHINESE OFFICIALS STATIONED IN HONG KONG.
WATER FROM KWANGTUNG.
THIS HAS BEEN MANIFESTED IN MANY WAYS INVESTMENT, MOVES TO
IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AND SO ON BUT THE ONE OF MOST IMMEDIATE
INTEREST TO MEMBERS WILL BE THE RECENT AGREEMENT OF THE KWANGTUNG
WATER AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF WATER FROM THE EAST RIVER
BY THIRTY THREE PERCENT BY 1982. THIS WILL INVOLVE THEM IN
SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURE AND CONSIDERING THAT THE CHARGE FOR THIS
WATER HAS BEEN UNCHANGED AT H.K DOLLARS 1.26 PER THOUSAND GALLONS
SINCE 1974 IT IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PROPOSED
TO INCREASE THE CHARGE TO H.K DOLLARS 1.88 FROM 1 OCTOBER 1978
AND THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE AGREED. I SHOULD ADD THAT
AT THE NEW CHARGE THIS WATER WILL STILL BE VERY MUCH CHEAPER THAN
ANY NEW SOURCE WITHIN HONG KONG. AN AGREEMENT COVERING THESE
POINTS WILL SHORTLY BE SIGNED, PROBABLY IN CANTON,
THIS COVERS INCREASES UP TO FEBRUARY 1983. BUT WE HAVE ALSO
EXPLAINED TO THE KWANGTUNG WATER AUTHORITY WHAT OUR LONG-TERM
RESTRICTED
/REQUIREMENTS