UK EYES A
supplied. As planning for capital investment in the colony has increasingly to take
account of the 1997 cut-off further reassuring statements from senior Chinese cadres
probably will/be made. Finally Chairman Hua Kuo-feng is also reported to have endorsed the
value of Hong Kong. It will be evident to the Chinese government that even if they
can expand their activities in other east Asian Centres such as Singapore and
Manila, where they would never be allowed to gain such a foothold in banking and
domestic finance as they have in Hong Kong, there is nowhere that, in the short to
medium term, can offer the unique economic advantages to China that Hong Kong
offers.
16 UK EYES A
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