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I hope you find this a reasonable response. I doubt whether in 1978 you will pay any more attention to what we have to say than you did to what we said in 1975, but, as in 1975, we are, in 1978, prepared to help you in everyway we can without prejudicing the whole of our textile industry. Please remember that the MFA also speaks of "disruption to the export trade".
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Finally, Mr. Chairman, when you take into account the
which "I have described effects of all the likely developments including their secondary effects, the consequence of the EEC's present proposals will be to deprive us ultimately of our economic prosperity. here I will quote from an article which recently appeared in a British newspaper: "Without economic prosperity, the rationale for Hong Kong almost disappears, since the reason why the colonial arrangement is tolerated by all concerned is that it is profitable for all concerned. A And the history of political and social troubles in Hong Kong show a clear connection with the ups and downs of the economy".
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