turn bring benefits to Hong Kong.
Generalised Preferences (GPS)
8. The then Japanese Foreign Minister,
(Mr. Aichi undertook to the Secretary
of State last year that Hong Kong
would definitely be included in the
proposed Stage II of the Japanese GPS
to be introduced next April),
The
Hong Kong Government has been engaged in
talks with the Japanese about the terms
on which Hong Kong might be admitted, i.e.
the special restrictions which Japan would
feel it necessary to apply. Hong Kong's
concern is to secure equal treatment
with South Korea and Taiwan at least.
The Japanese have not so far produced any
list of the items included in their general
GPS on which they would not feel able to
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give GPS benefits to imports from Hong Kong.
9. The Secretary of State will be
pressing Japanese Ministers to bring their
bilateral discussions with Hong Kong to an
early conclusion and on a fair basis in
relation to the treatment a ccorded to Hong
Kong's competitors so that Mr Aichi's promise
can be fulfilled. We continue to press
Hong Kong's case for inclusion in other
donor's schemes from which she has been
or might be excluded (e.g. United States,
Denmark).
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