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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 3206

OF 08120OZ DECEMBER 87

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

HUCB 011/4.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

16 DEC 1967

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INDEX

PA

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034614

MDHOAN 4554

TOP

OPY

MIPT: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG

FOLLOWING IS REMAINDER OF TEXT.

D)

E)

XV)

XVI)

PARA 26, FIRST SENTENCE: DELETE QUOTE FOR UNQUOTE

BEFORE QUOTE LONG UNQUOTE.

PARA 26: WE WOULD SUGGEST RESTRUCTURING THE THIRD SENTENCE ON PAGE 20 OF THE REPORT, CLEARLY DEFINING THE INVESTIGATIVE TASK OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS AS HIS MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THUS DRAWING LESS ATTENTION TO THE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JOB. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR

SUGGESTIONS. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE FINAL SENTENCE OF PARA 26 SHOULD READ QUOTE THESE

PROPOSALS WERE PUBLISHED AS A DRAFT BILL

UNQUOTE.

PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY

I)

II)

III)

SOCIAL

I)

II)

•

ON PARA 27 AND GIVEN THE CURRENT US CONCERN WITH THE US/HONG KONG DOLLAR LINK, WE WONDER WHETHER THE REFERENCE TO INCREASED EXPORTS SHOULD BE OFFSET BY

REFERENCE TO INCREASED IMPORTS: AND WHETHER THE

REFERENCE TO THE QUOTE DECLINE OF THE HONG KONG

DOLLAR IN LINE WITH THE US DOLLAR UNDER THE LINKED

EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM UNQUOTE SHOULD BE GIVEN LESS

PROMINENCE OR REPHRASED.

PARA 29: WE SUGGEST MOVING THE SENTENCE ON THE

PROPERTY MARKET TO THE END OF THE PARAGRAPH, SINCE

THE THIRD SENTENCE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A

CONSEQUENCE OF PROPERTY MARKET ACTIVITY.

PARA 34: WE SUGGEST THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE SHOULD

BE REDRAFTED TO READ QUOTE TO PUT THESE FAVOURABLE

RESULTS IN PERSPECTIVE, THEY HAVE TO BE SEEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE THREE YEARS .. UNQUOTE.

PROGRAMMES

PARA 37: WE SUGGEST DELETING QUOTE HOWEVER UNQUOTE

FROM THE FOURTH SENTENCE.

PARA 38, FIRST SENTENCE: QUOTE EDUCATIONAL UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE EDUCATION UNQUOTE.

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