TNAG-0583-FCO40-716-Estimates-of-gross-domestic-product-(GDP)-of-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 27

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on 17 March 1976

HKIOD

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

.2.

Noon Thursday

18 March 1976

Mr Kenneth Baker (City of Westminster, St Marylebone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affair what is his estimate of the rate of Inflation on the growth in the GDP for Hong Kong for the financial year 1976-77.

Mr David Enuals

The growth rate in the GDP for Hong Kong for 1976/77 is estimated to be 15% at current prices, of which 6% is

attributable to inflation.

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