TNAG-0938-FCO40-1157-Visit-of-John-Nott--Secretary-of-State-for-Trade--to-Hong-Ko-1980 — Page 218

NO

RESTRICTED

set up collaborative projecta in China.

Most British companies who wish to develop trade with China are well aware of the advantages of Hong Kong, either as a base for their own office or representative, or as a place to find an agent to represent them. I think that more are becoming aware also of the advantages of teaming up with a Hong Kong partner to exploit the oportunities for collaborative manufacture in China. I hope that both British and Hong Kong companies will be alive to the opportunities for mutually profitable co-operation in this new growth area; and would suggest that the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce can play a valuable part in encouraging a flow of information in both directions which will help to put firms in Britain and in Hong Kong in touch with each other. In this will the Senior Poritich Trade Commisioner

task

you

fund

and his staff only too ready to

Government's appreciation

help

you.

The British

appreciation of the importance of Hong Kong

in China trade is exemplified by the recent establishment

of

a

China Trade vuit in our Trade Commission have.

RESTRICTED

2