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plant for projects such as the new composting plant.
Nevertheless
it must be possible to increase the volume of day to day exports and some practical suggestions for ways in which help could be
given to achieve this are set out below.
Information
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One of the main functions of the British Trade Commission is
to act as a source of information for British companies. Information
about tenders and other specific export opportunities which come to the Commission's attention are disseminated through what is known as the Export Intelligence Service, operated by the British Overseas Trade Board. This functions through a computer which selects and
passes on information relevant to each of the 6,000 subscribers. information is vital to the Commission's work, it would be particularly
helpful if it could be given:
As
(i)
as much information as possible about major
Government projects likely to go out to tender,
(ii)
Given
any information available about developments in the
private sector, either general or specific. the very large number of small industrial units in Hong Kong, the Commission finds it. difficult to keep tabs on new factories or the re-tooling or expansion
of existing ones. Any information that comes the way
of the Department of Commerce and Industry, the Chamber of Commerce or the Trade Development Council about such developments would be most valuable; this would apply also to information about companies wishing to establish
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