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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
12 - 14 JANUARY
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Go a colony This is a very short, two-day visitt ifta
likely to be difficult, Hong Kongle economy is
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has been
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sound and expanding fast, and relations with China
are on an even keel. A massive public housing and
social programme is keeping pace with economic
development. There are few political pressures inside
the Colony.
some difficutting:
2. But the visit with my takes place at a time of some
Public opinion in Hong Kong will be anxious
about the Prime Minister's visit to China, and
particularly about the question of a Chinese Represent--
ative. There is an undercurrent of anti-British
feeling, particularly on bilateral issues where Hong
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to write the UK as a dvolining power, and lie
inclination to conclude from Hong Kong's dependent
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