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香港總督府

CONFIDENTIAL

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

HONG KONG

HONG KONG ANNUAL REVIEW 1981

18 February 1982

Subject

SUMMARY

Paragraph

Economic

A better year than expected, with exports increasing and real wages rising.

Inflation, and the money supply

Easing of the property boom

Protectionism

2 & 3

4

LO

5

Negotiation of bilateral agreements

7

with the US and EEC the biggest single

problem of 1982 with potentially serious implications for UK/HK relations

United Kingdom/Hong Kong bilateral

The relationship healthy inspite of some jolts

8

University fees

9

The Nationality Bill; the outstanding question of description in passports and on immigration forms

10

Hong Kong Domestic

Sound budgetary position and progress with government programmes

11

Uncounted illegal immigrants

12(a)

Difficulty of absorbing ex-illegal immigrants

12(b)

CONFIDENTIAL

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