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responsibly to donate 20 million Hong Kong dollars to the

South Pacific Fund in order to help the British people to

fight for their reputation and to maintain Britain's prosperity

and stability. In return, will the British Government...

BERNARD INGHAN

I am sorry. Please!

Could we have slightly shorter

questions please!

PRINE MINISTER

I am not quite sure what the question was going to

be, but our duty is to implement the Agreement into which we

have entered and to implement it to the full - and we shall

do that.

QUESTION

Mrs. Thatcher, you have said in your statement

that Hong Kong is able to maintain its separate position

within the GATT and multi-lateral arrangements. How can this

be carried out? When you say: "retain its separate position",

now, of course, Hong Kong is not retaining any separate

position in the GATT. Hong Kong is represented within UK

and what will the future pattern be?

PRIME MINISTER

This is dealt with in the Agreement and Hong Kong,

as you indicated, now is dealt with separately by virtue of