19.
As I have already said, one important
aspect of our policy is to control public
expenditure. We have been forced to make
substantial cuts to our future programme in
the domestic field.
We are withdrawing our forces from
Malaysia and Singapore
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though not Hong Kong.
They give
None of these cuts are popular.
us no satisfaction.
Yet despite this we have maintained our
overseas aid programme which at the moment runs
to some £220 million with about a third of this
going to Asia.
20.
We have, however, had to make it clear
that for the present all overseas projects must
be contained within this figure. This has
meant we have had to refuse many requests for
help which would take us over this aid ceiling.
Certainly we would like to help Hong
Kong on some of its more important projects.
And, of course, there is still much that needs
to be done here.
But I must be frank and say that when
one compares the resources of those in the queue
for aid, and there are many, one is bound to
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