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Mr Murray

Parliamentary Unit

amentar

HONG KONG: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

MAR 1973

INDEX

BUDGET

1. I submit a draft answer and a background note to the Oral Question tabled by Sir Anthony Royle (Conservative, Richmond-upon- Thames) for answer on 14 March.

2.

Parliamentary Unit have informed us that supplementaries are ATTACHED 'not required since the Question is unlikely to be reached for

oral reply.

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3. Sir Anthony Royle, who is generally sympathetic to the policies of the Hong Kong Government, tabled 5 PQs on Hong Kong in 1977, and so far this year has tabled 2 on Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong,

We and one, for answer on 13 March, on the Hong Kong Budget. assume that that question and the present one are intended to high- light the favourable aspects of the Budget, which was announced

on 1 March.

4. The draft answer is based on information provided by the Hong Kong Government, who are providing a full set of Budget documents which will be placed in the House of Commons Library. Economists Department concur.

W. E. Chantill

W E Quantrill

Hong Kong & General Dept

10 March 1978

CC:

Economists Dept

The draft answer is appropriate for written

not for oral answer.

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I will

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publish the details in the official Record.

Spending in these categor.cs will amount to 80% of the Hong Kong Government's total expenditure.

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