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year to £270 million. I believe that the

target for the early 80s should be a level

of British exports to Hong Kong equal, say,

to British exports to Japan

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surprisingly

even the current rate is as much as two-thirds

of UK exports to Japan, and four times that of

exports to China.

8. I continue to be disturbed by the dislike of Hong

Kong and prejudice against it among some political and

other circles in the United Kingdom. I hope to strengthen

and refine Hong Kong's information effort in the United

Kingdom: I also hope that the progressive completion

over the next few years of the massive plans of

improvement now being implemented should help to blunt

But I remain convinced that a greater

some criticism.

visible profit from the Colony in terms of orders

received and jobs provided would help more than anything

else hence the importance of the action described in

paragraph 7(b).

9.

Since

The near-mutiny in the Police was tragic.

1973 this Government has laid its credibility on the

chopping board in an all-out fight both against the

rise in crime and against corruption in all spheres

of life in Hong Kong. Action against both these inter-

connecting evils involved imposing nothing short of a

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