ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: UK GUARANTEE OF HONG KONG'S
OBLIGATIONS
NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES AND WINDING UP
Note No A4
The effect of the guarantee on the UK aid programme
The sum involved is a contingent liability on the aid programme but, as I have said, it is a very remote and unlikely possibility.
2. We treat it as a contingent liability; thus it has no effect on other
bilateral and multilateral allocations in the aid budget, either for the current
year or in the foreseeable future.