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RECENCO REIMSTUT NO. 51 23 JUN 1980
CONFIDENTIAL
PICER DESK INDEX
Parliamen
REGISTRY Action Taken
Aw19/8
PQ: MR ROBERT PARRY MP
1.
Your minute of 16 June below.
2. I have added a supplementary on joint ventures between
Hong Kong and China. We do not have a figure for the total
number of projects.
3. The unemployment rate for 1979 was only 3.4%. The
construction industry is severely overstretched.
4.
Consumer prices increased by approximately 12% in 1979
and the overall increase in GDP in real terms was 11.5%.
Per capita GDP increase in real terms was 5%, reflecting
the heavy growth in population.
16 June 1980
cc Mr Donald
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R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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