To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current state of development of the proposed construction of the new transmitter in Thailand for the BBC World Service; and when the construction will be completed.
Country
| Post
| Number of diplomats
| Trade representatives 1
|
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 3·0 | 1 |
| USA | Atlanta | 2·0 | 3 |
| USA | Boston | 2·0 | 2 |
| USA | Chicago | 5·0 | 9 |
| USA | Cleveland | 1·0 | 1 |
| USA | Dallas | 1·0 | 2 |
| USA | Houston | 2·0 | 3 |
| USA | Los Angeles | 6·0 | 4 |
| USA | Miami | 1·0 | 2 |
| USA | New York BTIO | 9·0 | 11 |
| USA | New York UKMIS | 17·0 | 0 |
| USA | New York BIS | 3·0 | 0 |
| USA | New York CG | 4·0 | 0 |
| USA | New York JMO | 2·0 | 0 |
| USA | San Francisco | 2·0 | 2 |
| USA | Seattle | 1·0 | 1 |
| USA | Washington | 38·0 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 2·0 | 0 |
| Vanuatu | Vila | 2·0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 7·0 | 4 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 4·0 | 0 |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh | 1·0 | 1 |
| Yemen | Sana'a | 5·0 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | Belgrade | 7·0 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | Kosovo | 1·0 | 0 |
| Zaire | Kinshasa | 2·0 | 0 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | 8·0 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 10·0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 1,263·1 | 451 | |
1 Including senior locally engaged staff. | |||
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which 10 countries have had the greatest growth of GDP over the last five years; and what has been the percentage change of the number of United Kingdom trade representatives in the diplomatic posts in each of these countries over that period.
The information is contained in the table.
We have reached agreement in principle with the Thai authorities for the construction of a BBC World Service relay station in Thailand. Detailed site survey work, which is required before final project approval can be given, is about to begin. The target date for completion of the project is 1996.