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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
Brief Number 15 Oil Supplies
Background
1. Hong Kong was not included in the Arab
oil producers' list of "friendly" states. It
therefore faces a shortfall in the supply of
fuel oil for the generation of electricity
(on which industry relies almost entirely),
and of diesel oil for public transport.
fuels are crucial to the life and economy of
Hong Kong is considing increasing its ont storage faciliter the Colony. but
this will take time to implement.
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Fuel cil is supplied mainly by Singapore
(58 per cent), Saudi Arabia, (24 per cent),
and Kuwait (6 per cent). Light diesel oil
comes largely from Singapore (40-45 per cent),
Iran (40 per cent) and the Philippines (10 per
cent).
3. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary
raised Hong Kong's problems with the Saudi
and Algerian Oil Ministers during their visit
to London on 29 November, pointing out that
Hong Kong is a dependent territory and therefore
associated with HMG's policies in the Middle East.
It should be treated as a "friendly" country
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