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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer o8 February 1977

HKD

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

Noon, Monday 7 February 1977.

Mr Frank Hooley (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the annual cost to the Government of Hong Kong of treatment of drug addicts.

My Even Luard

The Hong Kong Government is currently spending approximately SHK 27 millions (about £3.5 millions) annually for the treatment of drug addicts.

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