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Themes which have boon used to retain and foster overseas confidence
(a) The continued fast rate of oxpansion of the
colony's cxports.
(b) Tourist facilities unimpaired and increased
numbers of tourists able to enjoy their stay in safety.
(c)
(a)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
New large projects continued to progress e.g. expansion of the Hong Kong Electricity Company's generation capacity, the roclamation off Wanchai, the Peninsula Electric Power Company development, and vast now low-cost housing ostatos.
The continuing normality of life in schools, chops and factories; industrial production con- tinued to increase and the port worked fluently and efficiently.
The cool-headedness of the administration and the officiency and restraint of the Folice Force.
The vory numerous expressions of support for tho Gove nuent by representative organisations and quiet rejection of the communists by the population as a whole.
China earns a large proportion of her foreign exchange earnings in and through Hong Kong.
Foking did not initiate the disturbances in Hong Kong, in fact the P.L.A. often restrains demonstrators at the border.
(i) The extremely small number of local communists
and their dividedness.
Guidelines for Future Action
(a) The use of a central co-ordinating committee to
advise on the public relations efforts in the parts of the world most important for Hong Kong and to act as a forum for new idcas.
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