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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 459
OF 171058Z FEBRUARY 92
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FOR SAUNDERS, HKD
OUR TELNO 428: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG
1. FOLLOWING ARE OUR UPDATES AND COMMENTS ON YOUR REVISED DRAFT OF THE REPORT.
2. PARA 8, LAST SENTENCE: THE FIGURE IS HK DOLLARS 25 BILLION (1.8 BILLION POUNDS).
3. PARA 9: PLEASE REPLACE THE SECOND SENTENCE WITH: QUOTE IN 1991 MORE THAN 145 OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS FROM HONG KONG VISITED CHINA AND MORE THAN 90 VISITED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION UNQUOTE.
4. PARA 19, SECOND SENTENCE: REPLACE THE FIGURE QUOTE 7,000 UNQUOTE WITH QUOTE 7,666 UNQUOTE.
5. PAR 21, THIRD SENTENCE: THE WORD QUOTE ARRANGEMENTS UNQUOTE SHOULD BE QUOTE ARRANGEMENTS UNQUOTE.
6. PARA 22: PLEASE REPLACE LAST SENTENCE WITH: QUOTE A SECOND GROUP OF 16 DOUBLE BACKERS AND A GROUP OF 12 NEW ARRIVALS WHO HAD BEEN FOUND ON SCREENING TO BE NON-REFUGEES, RETURNED ON 10 DECEMBER. UNQUOTE.
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7 PARA 25: PLEASE REPLACE THE THIRD SENTENCE WITH: QUOTE BY DECEMBER 1991, A TOTAL OF 66,100 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. UNQUOTE THE FIGURE IN THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE IS QUOTE SOME 6,304 PEOPLE (INCLUDING SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN) UNQUOTE.
8. PARA 27, SECOND SENTENCE: THE CONFIRMED GDP GROWTH RATE IN REAL TERM FOR 1989, 1990 AND 1991 ARE RESPECTIVELY 2.8 PERCENT, 3.0 PERCENT AND 3.9 PERCENT. THE FIGURES SHOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BEFORE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY DELIVERS HIS BUDGET SPEECH ON 4 MARCH 1992.
9. PARA 28, SECOND AND PENULTIMATE SENTENCES: THE CONFIRMED
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