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THE NEW TYPE OF INDUSTRY REQUIRES MORE LAID. THIS IN TURN REQUIRES PROVISION OF ACCESS TO THE QHDEVELOPED LAND IN THE LEST AND NORTH OF THE COLONY. WEAR THE NEW TOWNS NOV DEING BUILT. WE ARE THEREFORE PUSHING AHEAD WITH MOTORWAYS AND TUNIELS TO

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THESE AREAS. VE ARE FAIRLY FAR ADVANCED WITH PLANTS FOR OPENING UP ONE OR TWO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND WE ARE COU OFFERING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN PROVISION OF LAND FOR NEW INDUSTRIES IF OF SPECIAL VALUE TO THE ECONOMY ALBEIT ON A HIGHLY SELECTIVE BASIS. FACT OF THE MATTER IŠ TIST PRESENT CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVOURABLE FOR INVESTMENT IN KONG KONG, AND THE THICKENING FILE OF ENQUIRIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INDICATES THAT HANY REALISE THIS, AS, TO SOME EXTENT, DO THE RISING STOCK MARKET, THE NET INFLOW OF FUNDS.

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"MIGHT I SAY HOW IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG IS THE SUPPORT OF HER'

MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KHIGDAN, HONG KONG DEPENDS SO HEAVILY ON THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE FEELING IN KƆNG KONG THAT HER MAJESTY'S COVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO THE DEFENCE OF ITS INTERESTS IS A VITAL ELEMENT 10 CONFIDENCE. THINGS SAID DY MINISTERS HERE ARE THE STUFF OF WHICH THIS IS MADE. THE STEADY SUPPORT AND PERSONAL INTEREST OF SIR ALEC DOUGLAS ONE AND OF SIR ANTHONY ROYLE VERE OF HISENSE VALUE AND VILL LORY.

BE REMEMBERED, THE PRESENT COVERNMENT'S EARLY REAFFIRMATION OF THE COMMITMENT TO KONG KONG, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RODUST WORDS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEA ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, AND LORD GORONWY-RODENTS'S IMMEDIATE SYMPATHY AND INTEREST - THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN HONG KONG, THE DIFFERENCE. BETWEEN CONFIDENCE AND SENSE OF BELONGING ON THE ONE HAND, AND SENSE OF NEGLECT AND ISOLATION ON THE OTHER..

TION "THE SITUATION IN KONG KONG HAS BEEN EASED BY IMPROVED RELATIONS:

WITH CHINA. THE RELAXATION OF TENSION IN THE VESTERN PACIFIC IN GENERAL, AND IMPROVED SINO-BRITISHI RELATIONS IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN GREATLY TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE.

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"KONG KONG HAS HAD ITS UGLIER FEATURES IN RECENT YEARS. FOR

INSTANCE THERE HAS DEEN A VERY SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH HAS GREATOY DISTURBED THE POPULATION. THIS IS DEING TACKLED FROM A VARIETY OF ANGLES. DUT THE RECKLESS USE OF WEAPONS IN RODDERY AND GANG FIGHTS HAS KORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUNDER OF HURDERS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND RAISED THE RATE OF RODDERY TO FIVE TINES THAT IN LONDON. THIS HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN HONG KONG TO THE USE OF THE DEATH SENTENCE, THIS IS NOT A PLEASANT AFTER DINNER

BUT YOU SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW THAT IT 13 THE ISSUE ON WHICH MOST PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY IN HONG KONG FEEL STRONGEST AT THIS TIME.

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