TNAG-1233-FCO40-1546-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 48

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FOR SOME WEEKS NOW THERE HAVE BEEN NO/NO NEW PRONOUNCEMENTS FROM

QUOTE CHINESE SOURCES UNQUOTE ON FUTURE OF HIKONG AND THIS HAS

HELPED TO STEADY NERVES HERE HOWEVER GROUP REPRESENTING

VARIOUS INTERESTS IN NEW TERRITORIES IS CURRENTLY IN PEKIN

AND IS EXPECTED TO SEE LIAU CHENG ZHI, A KEY FIGURE WHO HAS

BEEN SOURCE OF UNSETTLING COMMENTS IN PAST.MANY HERE ARE

WATCHING WITH INTEREST OUTCOME, MORE SO AS THIS GROUP COMES

CLOSER TO REPRESENTING A QUOTE GRASS ROOTS UNQUOTE VIEW FROM

AREA OF HKONG STATUS OF WHICH IN 1997 IS IN NO/NO DISPUTE.

2.0F MORE CONCERN AT MOMENT ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN FINANCIAL

AND PROPERTY SECTORS.AS REPORTED EARLIER ONE MAJOR PROPERTY

DEVELOPER(CARRIAN) IS VIRTUALLY BANKRUPT AND RESCUE ATTEMPTS

APPEAR TO BE FLOUNDERING. IN ADDITION SEVERAL DTCS (DEPOSIT

TAKING COMPANIES) ARE IN RECEIVERSHIP AND OTHERS IN TROUBLE.

INCIDENTALLY ARRIVAL OF CHINESE NEW YEAR NEXT MONTH MAKES

PROBLEM MORE ACUTE AS STRONGLY HELD CUSTOM IS THAT NO/NO DEBTS

SHOULD BE OUTSTANDING GOING INTO NEW YEAR AND THIS HAS OBVIOUS

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