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year to £270 million. I believe that the
target for the early 80s should be a level
of British exports to Hong Kong equal, say,
to British exports to Japan
-
surprisingly
even the current rate is as much as two-thirds
of UK exports to Japan, and four times that of
exports to China.
8. I continue to be disturbed by the dislike of Hong
Kong and prejudice against it among some political and
other circles in the United Kingdom. I hope to strengthen
and refine Hong Kong's information effort in the United
Kingdom: I also hope that the progressive completion
over the next few years of the massive plans of
improvement now being implemented should help to blunt
But I remain convinced that a greater
some criticism.
visible profit from the Colony in terms of orders
received and jobs provided would help more than anything
else hence the importance of the action described in
paragraph 7(b).
9.
Since
The near-mutiny in the Police was tragic.
1973 this Government has laid its credibility on the
chopping board in an all-out fight both against the
rise in crime and against corruption in all spheres
of life in Hong Kong. Action against both these inter-
connecting evils involved imposing nothing short of a
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