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construction industry is overrfectched. does not suggest that there is any lack
BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
of confidence
4There are at present no indications that business confidence
is adversely affected by the terms of the Peking Convention of
1898. In March 1979, the Governor of Hong Kong was specifically
asked by Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to tell investors to 'put
their minds at ease'
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PROPOSED NEW AIRPORT FOR HONG KONG
5. I refer to the answer I gave the honourable Member for
Liverpool, Scotland Exchange, on 4 December last year
CHINESE PROPOSALS TO BUILD A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
CLOSE TO HONG KONG
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6. I refer the honourable Gentleman to the reply which my
honourable Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and →
Commonwealth. Affairs gave him on 2 June, to the hon Member for Liverpool, Scotland Exchange.
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JOINT VENTURES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA
7. There is an increasing number of joint ventures between
Hong Kong and China. The majority are industrial projects
in Guangdong province, many of them in the special economic
zones which the Chinese authorities have established in the
area. HMG and the Hong Kong Government welcome the development
of such projects. They underline the growing economic cooperation
between the Territory and southern China.