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The Textile Council's study of the productivity

and efficiency of the Lancashire textile industry was

published at the end of March and has caused consider-

able comment in the press in the UK and in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong there is a tendency to associate the Board

of Trade closely with the Textile Council's recommenda-

But in fact although Board of Trade officials

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the enhancement took part in the work of the Council's Executive

of the productivity and competitive- ness of the Lancashire inclustry?

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Committee and other Committees concerned with studying

the industry they were there only to act as assessors.

They were not concerned with the conclusions and recom-

mendations of the report and there is thus no question

of HMG being committed in any way to accepting those

conclusions and recommendations.

2.

The Textile Council, recommended inter alia the

after a transitimul period, imposition, of

a tariff of 15% on cotton textiles from

This is the most important

Commonwealth sources

recommendation from the point of view of Hong Kong

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and the feeling is that insufficient consideration has

been given to the many important potential consequences

of that recommendation.

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is the Textile Council and not the Government which

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