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Year
Capital
Mainten-
Cash
Total
Works
ance and
Contri-
minor
bution
works
towards
Operating
Costs
1971/72 2.8
2.2
2.0
7.0
1972/73 2.8
2.2
2.0
7.0
1973/74
2.8
2.2
$2.5
7.5
1974/75 2.8
2.2
2.5
7.5
1975/76 2.8
2.2
2.5
7.5
1976/77 2.8
2.2
3.0
8.0
1977/78 2.8
2.2
3.0
8.0
19.6
15.4
17.5
52.5
Average 2.8
2.2
2.5
7.5
(b) The agreement would be subject to review
(c)
at any time
(i) if the costs of capital works at
April 1970 prices were to go up or
(ii)
down by 50 per cent or more, or
if there were an increase or
decrease in the size of the
garrison by more than one major
army unit or the equivalent, or
(iii) if the economy of Hong Kong were to
suffer such a serious adverse change
that the continued payment of a
contribution at this level could
be shown to be an unreasonable
burden on the Colony's finances.
The £2.2 million per annum for maintenance
and minor works would be a notional
figure only; the Hong Kong Government
/would
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