§ 60. Sir Anthony Royleasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the amount the Hong Kong Government intends to spend on social services during the forthcoming year; what that figure is as a percentage of total recurrent and capital expenditure; what percentage of the total budget will be spent on public works; how much will be spent on the rented housing programme; what is the size of Hong Kong's investment in major civil engineering works in 1978–79 and if he will publish Hong Kong's budget in the Official Report.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe information requested is as follows:
in line with the objectives being developed for micro-electronics through the Government's industrial strategy. My Department is preparing for a programme of collaboration with industry in support of these objectives; it will include co-operation with the Science Research Council and with the Ministry of Defence.