TNAG-0042-FCO40-78-Future-Sovereignty-of-Hong-Kong-Defence-Review-Working-Party-1967 — Page 142

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how on

as

Hong Kong's relative importance a source of foreyin exchange may even gradually decline. However, it coned remain in largest sumą

of earnings for

ů

Semrie

some years to come.

China's Use of Hong Kong's Trade

$

Faulties.

6.

Hong Kong 's

domestic

There

or chemicals,

exports to China are negligible.

ら a

modest reexport trade

base metals, textile fibres etc; the is

however steadily decreasing as

shops more

China

more

Goods from the

original supplying countries.

The valve of Hong Kong's re-exports of Goods obtained from China wig beleved to be about 2 34 m.

7.

1966.

(about-20%) in

These include Chinese food

Spenalities, textiles, animal by-products

and inedecines

and

are

sent mostly

Earque, St is

to S.E. Asia, Japan

Chia

evident that he still finds it convencent- to we Hong Kong and it's

Chasma's

variety of services for shopping many con trading organisations are not

Death

nearly

Chin

so well equipped on Hong Kong

merchants to handle a variety of small from ove sean markets; n

orders

*

as

to time

Geen on, however, they may be expected

спост

to improve their fachtes and rely less

on those of Hong Kong,

Hang uống

in addition a useful

trading ont post for China, especially

a

on regards commercial dealings with countries with whom deze does not have dyplomatic' relations. Prelimmany negotiations for grain deals with Austraha – Canada have often taken place in Hong Kong, Western forms. Foo, can readily make contact with Chinese' Commercial organisations in the Colony.

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