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HE SAID HE HAD REPLIED TO A NUMBER OF REPRESENTIATIONS MADE THIM ABOUT THE PRESENT REGIME FOR HK'S TEXTILE EXPORTS

THAT IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THAT ERITAIN COULD CHANGE THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENT, WHICH WERE ACREED BETWEEN THE EEC COUNTRIES NOT LONG ACO.

ON THE QUESTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LEASE, BLAKER SAID IT IS A MATTER FOR THE FUTURE.

EARLIER AT A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BLAKER PAID TRIBUTE TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS

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ERFORTS IN THE GENEVA CONFERENCE TO PUSH FOR HONGKONG'S CASE CONCERNING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

FLAKER ADDED WHAT NEEDED TO BE CONE NOW WAS TO MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE ON VIETNAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOW DOES NOT REGIN AGAIN. IN LARCE QUANTITIES, +WE HAVE (ALSO) TO CONTINUE WITH OUR EFFORTS TO PERSUADE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT HK IS CARRYING PROPORTIONATELY A BIGGER PURDEN OF REFUGEES THAN

ANY OTHER COUNTRY AND THESE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD,+

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