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Helicopte: Services
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(a) To consider
proposals for scheduled inter- national services between Hong Kong, Macau and China.
(b) To reprovision
the closed
helipad at Harcourt Road.
As regards (a):
XCo, having been consulted on 6 July, advised that the roof of Hung Hom car park should be developed as a heliport to provide for international flights. As regards (b):
XCO also advised that the proposal to establish a temporary helipad on Man- chai Reclamation, and the proposal to build a pier structure incorporating a permanent helipad just west of the Wanchai passenger ferry terminal for joint non-civilian and civilian use should proceed.
To examine and resolve the various problems of implementation concerning both the heliport and temporary and permanent helipads.
Tade
5) Consul-
tation with France
on
illegal import
restri-
ctions
To seek the removal of these restri- ctions.
H.K. holds the view that these import restrictions are Ultra Vires the GATT and have impaired H.K.'s GATT rights of access. A third round of consultat- ions was held in early May. The issue was also raised during the visit of Mr M. Jobert (French Minister for External Trade) to H.K. on 27-29 May, 82. While H.K. remains pre- pared to tolerate some of the restrictions for a
H.K. will insist on a phased programme of elimination of all restrictions at the fourth round and if no satisfactory solution is found, H.K. will request the GATT Council to appoint a panel of experts to give a ruling on the matter.
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