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holdings

is

not known with any accuracy.

But the territory

is

believed to be a significant

element in the Asian

portfolio of major UK institutional investors.

British Goodwill

25.

Because Hong Kong has been a British dependent

territory for a century and a half, its legal system,

professional

and practices, technical

standards

In

specifications, government and commercial institutions and

procedures tend to follow UK norms very closely.

addition, the educational and professional training systems

reflect UK models quite closely.

Kong's 200 professional

In 1988, 20% of Hong

associations and learned societies

had direct UK links, and

36

of them were branches of UK

chartered or officially-recognised professional bodies.

26.

As a result, the territory offers UK companies a

business environment in which they can function without

feeling foreign. They can safely assume, for example,

that:-

(a) They

will be dealing with

accountants,

lawyers,

engineers, architects and other

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