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Following on this relaxation of policy, a seminar (believed to be the first of its kind) to promote
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manufacturing investment in the UK was held in Hong Kong on 13 November. The attached telegram from BTC Hong Kong gives further details of the IBB-sponsored event which was organised by the British Trade Commission and was highly successful. It was apparent that not only was there a high level of interest in outward investment, but also that there
was ignorance about the UK as a manufacturing base within the EC, which the seminar helped to rectify.
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If the level of interest shown at the seminar is
maintained, BTC Hong Kong plan to hold another IBB-sponsored seminar in Hong Kong in about 18 months time.
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