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DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION

1. Following is extract:

BEGINS. The Hong Kong Government has rejected

a British request to shoulder nearly half of

the cost of maintaining a British garrison here,

estimated at £140 million over the next 5 years,

it was announced today.

Instead Hong Kong agreed to pay £40 million,

Financial Secretary C P Haddon-Cave told the

Legislative Council.

Mr Haddon-Cave said Britain had asked for

£60 million for the next 5 years, citing the

rising costs of keeping British troops in this

Crown Colony on China's doorstep.

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