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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
OUR TELNO 200: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG, 1990
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OUR DRAFT OF THE REPORT IS NOW READY AND IS BEING SENT TO YOU FAX.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD, AS BEFORE, FURNISH SECTION II ON VISITS TO HONG KONG BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. THE 1990 FIGURES FOR GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION (IN PARAS. 30 AND 33) ARE TENTATIVE AND THE EXACT FIGURES WILL BE SUPPLIED AS SOON AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IN EARLY FEBRUARY. IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY TO DECIDE ON AN EXCHANGE RATE FOR HK DOLLAR TO POUND STERLING (FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARAS. 9 AND 58).
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TO SAVE TIME, WE WILL START TO ARRANGE FOR PRINTING AND TRANSLATION ON THE BASIS OF THE FIRST DRAFT BUT WILL KEEP THE ARRANGEMENTS FLEXIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE ANY CHANGES YOU WISH TO MAKE. IT WOULD OF COURSE BE A GREAT HELP TO US IF WE COULD BE INFORMED OF MAJOR CHANGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. THE DRAFT REPORT WILL BE COPIED TO PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG AND BTC HONG KONG (BY BAG IN PEKING'S CASE).
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