"THE HONG KONG REPORT"
Issue No. 53 of the "S.R.I. International"
1. Background
The Report, released on 25 May 1983, was produced Stanford by SRI (
Research Institute), an "independent non-profit-making corporation" engaged in consultancy and re- search work. The "SRI International" is "series of publicat... on international topics produced for limited distribution to the International Associates of SRI International".
SRI claims a professional staff of
201
over 2,000, cover-
ing 110 disciplines, and is apparently connected with Stanford University. The International Associates convene seminars from time to time; at a session in Japan in March 1983 Mr. FUNG King-hey made a speech expressing confidence in Hong Kong as a "self-governing and internationally-renowned territory under Chinese sovereignty".
The present Report, according to the Foreword by Vice-President of SRI, "provides background information for
the Hong Kong/Shenzhen Session scheduled for June 27 - July 1, 1983, on the theme of Business in Hong Kong in the 1980s and Beyond." It seems likely that it will have some impact on the thinking of business firms, and also of the PRC authorities.
The Report was commissioned, or at least inspired, by "a number of SRI associate firms and other Hong Kong friends" who hope that its wide distribution in the business would will "be in the respective interest of Hong Kong, China, and companies interested in East Asia." Research for the Report involved "an unusual number of consultations" with Hong Kong business leaders and Government officials.
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Format
The Report is an attratively-produced booklet of 56 large pages containing text, inset quotations, tables and
illustrations.
3. Contents
There are 11 chapters of text, giving the historical and social background of Hong Kong and describing the economic and business framework. Separate chapters are devoted to "The Future" and 'China's Special Economic Zones". An 8 page Appendix gives trade statistics and excerpts from the 1983 Budget speech.
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Much of the text was clearly provided by Government sources, and reads like the "Hong Kong Yearbook" or similar official publications. (This has not prevented factual
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