-2-

BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

4.

There 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'.

B

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

6.

I refer the honourable Gentleman to the reply which my

honourable Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and

C Commonwealth Affairs gave him on 2 June.

:

Share This Page