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municipoy was bigger than Hong Kong. comprised 2,020 square kms with a population of 330,000. They plamed to develop this ares into a base for light industry and touriam. The emphasis however would be on agricultural production in order to provide fruit, vegetables, chickens, pigs, fish and milk for the Hong Kong market. Discussions were already going on with Hong Kong businessmen about the provision of equipment for milk supplies,
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Shekou An area between Shekou and Shenzhen would be developed into a centre for small industries. These would include ship-breaking and the production of steel wire and paint. the west of Shenzhen there would be a car assembly plant. It was because of developments in this area that he had made the suggestions about allowing trucks to go freely into the Shenzhen area from Hong Kong. All these developments, however, were at present on a very small scale.
Tourism. There were many suitable places in Guangdong. This needed cooperation with Hong Kong. They were considering the development of Shenzhen as a tourist area and also the beaches at Deep Bay and Meisha.
In reply the Governor spoke as follows.
Water. He was very glad to hear that when engineers from both sides met in September there could be discussion of future supplies.
Electricity. He knew about the agreement to supply 50 kilowatts from the beginning of April; but he was not clear about Guangdong's needs after that. (Replying to this point ir Zeng said it was possible for Guangdong to decide on buying a certain amount of electricity from their local resources of foreign exchanges. The present agreement would cost Guangdong. US$10 million a year. Most foreign exchange was controlled in the centralised way. Any large scale expansion on the amount of electricity supplied to Guangdong would therefore be a matter for the central authorities.)
Sea transport. It would be helpful to know whether the Chinese would require a container port of their own in Hong Kong. Should they need such facilities, Hong Kong would be prepared to provide them on special terms.
Railway. There was some spare capacity at present. There would however be much more after 1982 when capacity would increase. two to threefold because of the electrification and double-tracking of the railway.
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