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Generalyzed Preferences &
Hồng Kong
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Mr. Jordan, Deputy Director of Commerce and
Industry, Hong Kong and Mr. Sellers of the Hong Kong
Government Office called on Wednesday, 15 October,
to discuss Hong Kong's position in relation to recent
developments on UNCTAD preferences. They were seen
by Mr. Britten and myself.
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and it could not be regarded as an official proposition. But the provocal crew which had been formed in Hong Kong before be left was that This was a matter in which the Hong Kong Gout world have to vely very much in threadurce of the people in Neppor
Discussion centred on the following points :-
(i)
We asked whether the formula Mr. Jones put
to Tran of EEC in September (his letter of
22 September) represented an acceptable
solution in the event that special arrange-
ments would have to be made in order to
obtain Hong Kong's inclusion in the scheme.
Mr. Jordan said that Mr. Jones' letter had
not been fully studied when he left Hong
Kong. It was not the sort of solution that
Hong Kong would wish to go for as a starting
position
Jones had in any case put it
Torrard as purely a personal suggestion and
he thought it had been ressived as such.
He did not demur when it was suggested that
the Jones formula might, however, be
generally regarded in EEC as indicating the
position that Hong Kong would eventually
accept. Mr. Jordan emphasised (as we
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