TNAG-1042-FCO40-1292-Possible-Royal-Commission-on-Hong-Kong-and-its-future-House--1981 — Page 83

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FM B T C HONG KONG 210410Z FEB 81

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER BTC 25 OF 21 FEBRUARY

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TELNO 175 OF 20 FEBRUARY PARA4.

THIS UNDERSTATES THE CASE. IN 1980 HONG KONG WAS BRITAIN'S SECOND LARGEST MARKET IN ASIA TAKING 93.6 PER CENT OF EXPORTS TO JAPAN. BRITISH EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE VALUED AT PDS STG 597 MILLION AND TO HONG KONG AT PDS STG 559.4 MILLION

MARCH

LIMITED

HK & GD

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PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/LORD TREFGARNE

PS/PUS

SIR E YOUDE

MR DONALD

COPIES TO

MR FORD

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON