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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRIME MINISTER'S VIS IT TO PEKING: OTHER COUNTRIES' DEVELOPMENT AID TO CHINA
1 PROGRAMMES OF WHICH WE ARE AWARE CAN BE SUMMARISED AS
FOLLOWS:-
(A EC COUNTRIES
(1) BELGIUM.
SOFTLOANS (5 MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR)
NIL INTEREST RATE. 30 YEAR TERM, WITH 10 YEAR GRACE PERIOD)
(14) DENMARK. (A) SOFT LOANS (10 MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR. NIL INTEREST RATE. 30 YEAR TERM, 10 YEAR GRACE PERIOD) AS PART OF MIXED CREDIT TOTALLING
25 MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR,
TIED TO AGRICULTURE AND RALATED INDUSTRIES:
(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (10 EXPERTS AT A TIME WORKING IN CHINA:
220 MAN MONTHS PER YEAR TRAINING IN DENMAKR)
(BP) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
(A) SOFT LOANS (17 MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR,
INTEREST RATE 3 1/2 PERCENT 30 YEAR TERM,
10 YEAR GRACE PERIOD) BUT WITH FIRM COMMITMENT FOR
1985 ONLY:
(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (8 MILLION US DOLLARS PER YEAR DEVOTED TOTRAINING).
(IV) ITALY SOFT LOANS NEGOTIATED PROJECT BY
PROJECT (31 MILLION US DOLLARS, COMMITTED SINCE 1983,
2 1/2 034:3,5 8,5343'5 4-53, 15 TO 17 YEAR TERM, 4 YEAR GRACE PERIOD)
(V) IRELAND. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TRAINING FOR
10 CHINESE IN IRELAND EACH YEAR).
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