TNAG-0583-FCO40-716-Estimates-of-gross-domestic-product-(GDP)-of-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 22

CO HONG KONG

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CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELMO 911 OF 12 NOVEMBER

INFO PEKING.

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FROM HKD

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS: SIR ANTHONY ROYLE MP.

1. SIR ANTHONY ROYLE HAS NOW PUT DOWN A FURTHER WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS FOLLOWS:-

''TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF HE WILL DETAIL THE FIGURES OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT IN BOTH HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE YEARS 1974, 1975 AND 1976: WHAT WAS THE ANNUAL RATE OF INFLATION JIM 1974, 1975 AND 1976 FOR HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM:

AND WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GNP OF GROSS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, INCLUDING NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES, COMPARED WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM''

2. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SUPPLY THE INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG BY 15100OZ.

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