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Letters: Good Neighbour a very bad policy; Lawrence Wadey says the Hong Kong-originated initiative is protectionist and will only make matters worse.(Sports)
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The Racing Post (London, England)
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October 14, 2003
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Byline: LAWRENCE WADEY
THE international Good Neighbour Policy, aimed at cracking down on illegal and unauthorised offshore betting, (Racing Post, October 9), is nothing more than an attempt by a moribund monopoly supplier to cling to its shrinking market share.
For the consumer in Hong Kong, where this policy originated - and I say `consumer' as betting is just part of the leisure industry and the betting dollar has to be ...
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