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The first priority of development is intensive forms of

agriculture such as the production of dairy products, pigs, poultry,

fish and fruit for the Hong Kong market. I gathered that one of the

objects was to reduce the demands of long hauls on the Chinese

communications system.

They also envisage later an area of light industry between

This will include ship breaking, the manufacture

Shekou and Shenzhen.

of steel wire and paint, and vehicle assembly. They are also planning

to develop Shenzhen itself and the Meisha beaches for tourism.

They said that the developments are at present on a small scale,

but they hope they will grow with Hong Kong participation, Arrangements

for the freer movement of trucks across the bridge at Man Kam To may be

necessary as things develop.

Generally speaking Hong Kong participation in industry anywhere

is very welcome indeed. But the Guangdong Planning Commission clearly

think that the area most likely to attract Hong Kong investors in

Guangdong will be Shenzhen,

Incidentally they welcomed the new electricity supply from China

Light and Power.

I said that all these ideas were welcome in principle and were

being and no doubt would be followed up by the private sector on a basis

/of commercial