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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES SPEECH)

DEFENSIVE (FOR MR RIFKIND'S WINDING-UP

HONG KONG AND MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA)

1.

The MFA does not expire until July 1986. The Government are

considering what our policy should be on what, if anything, is to

replace it. All parties interested in this issue are being

consulted, and I have no doubt that the views of the Hong Kong

Government will be taken into account.

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