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THE POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS
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Although the Chinese may have moderated their view that Hong Kong
represents
a source of enormous
Whitehall,
rekindled
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revenue for the Treasury
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it is important that these suspicions should not be
A smooth transition in 1997 depends to a great extent
on the maintenance of goodwill and trust in the intervening
period. However, in view of the promotional activities of our
competitors for investment, it is reasonable that UK organisations
should be free to adopt a somewhat higher profile in attracting
investment than has been the case in the recent past. The Hong
Kong Government has made it clear that it would not object to
this, providing promotion was based on purely commercial
considerations. Thus some relaxation of our current policy within
the guidelines proposed in COP (90)?? appears justified.
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