TNAG-1268-FCO40-1617-China-s-economic-relationship-with-Hong-Kong-Shenzhen-econom-1983 — Page 139

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

For WRITTEN ANSWER on __13 April 1983

Text of Question

153

Head of HKGD

Please submit :-

a draft Answer & background

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to Parliamentary Unit before NooN

Tuesday 12 April

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.

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.

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