TNAG-1268-FCO40-1617-China-s-economic-relationship-with-Hong-Kong-Shenzhen-econom-1983 — Page 138

11 April 1983

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Mr Ray Whitney (Wycombe):

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what trading benefits Hong Kong gains from its status as a dependent territory of the United Kingdom.

No 153W

MR DOUGLAS HURD

As a British Dependent Territory, Hong Kong is represented

on the British Delegation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and

Trade. By virtue of this, it also participates in the Multi-Fibre

Arrangement. Where the United Kingdom is a member of international

commodity agreements, these can be extended to include Hong Kong.