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Hongkong and the ERC

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10 Inter- Geoffrey Rippon, like those lous immunity given by the Financial national restrictions on ouv Secretary, need not be trade. This is a dangeroun donoted. The British Gov- illusion for anyone here tol erament can be expected maintain and the warning to do its best but whether signs in our economy BYO this will be enough to there for all to see. Rising

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not wages,

shortages, Just in Hongkong but in high land costs are a few of other Commonwealth the more obvious portents countries who export to which wo in Hongkong musi Britain and Western regard RB obstacles to Europe must be doubted. future development as What is involved is not industrial state. There is, what Britain is willing indeed, still wide inter- do ask, but what the E.E.C. national interest in Hong- is prepared torgive. Having long and considerable good- made the decision in the will among our customers; postwar years to renounce slowly we are gaining in her imperial associations some industries a name for Britain is now hoping to quality but for all pue in- develop new links with pressive trade nguo. wt Europe and must forge remain seriously these on the best terms Hongkong

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don's Heathrow airport, stowaway broke through to hide away in a Pau-Aracrb con Jet bound for the 2450- dle East.

possible. This is under- worries over the terms ou stood in Brussels as well which Britain is likely to be

but no- But despite fatensified com as in London. Britain has admitted to the REC shown on many occasiona valid, as indeed every com-body has yet succeeded curity priemulions at Lom- in the past that domestic plication or impediment to in devising a foolproof interests take precedence our trade saust be. We can- system to beat the sky over those of the Common- not expect any special or pirates. wealth; nor is this sur- favoured position in Bri- prising. Whether it tain's negotiations

import levy, while wo have valued the textile quoins, the 1 lift that the British market per cent tariff on textile Im- has given us in our trade. ports Or the negative climb over the response to the airport loan seems likely that there will Hongkong has had to necept be further profond ebangen A country-by-country_sor that the mother country's for Hongkong if Britain vey by Reuter correspondents indulgence can no longer be does win Cominon Market | ehowed that apart from police taken for granted-it in- membership. It will not bo deed it ever could,

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The Reuter survey showed that pilola of most EuropeTYR one läen countries opposed for comimiting the skyjackers -the placing of armed guard? on ench aircraft,

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