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Report of the /Textile Council
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Note No, il
The Textile Council's study of the productivity
and efficiency of the Lancashire textile industry was
published at the end of March and has caused consider-
able comment in the press in the UK and in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong there is a tendency to associate the Board
of Trade closely with the Textile Council's recommenda-
But in fact although Board of Trade officials
(which look to trans
the enhancement took part in the work of the Council's Executive
of the productivity and competitive- ness of the Lancashire inclustry?
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Committee and other Committees concerned with studying
the industry they were there only to act as assessors.
They were not concerned with the conclusions and recom-
mendations of the report and there is thus no question
of HMG being committed in any way to accepting those
conclusions and recommendations.
2.
The Textile Council, recommended inter alia the
after a transitimul period, imposition, of
a tariff of 15% on cotton textiles from
This is the most important
Commonwealth sources
recommendation from the point of view of Hong Kong
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and the feeling is that insufficient consideration has
been given to the many important potential consequences
of that recommendation.
3.
The metabů
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At this stage the answer to criticism is that it
is the Textile Council and not the Government which
vernment Vahe 1215 carries responsibility for its recommendation Board of Trade will be reviewing the findings of the
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