Note to Editors:
Wednesday, September 5, 1973
HONG KONG TO ATTEND GATT MEETING IN TOKYO
Hong Kong will be represented at the forthcoming GATT meeting in Tokyo, by Mr. D.H.
Jordan, Director of Commerce and Industry.
He will be accompanied by Mr. G.L. Pearson,
Counsellor for Hong Kong Affairs at the U.K. Mission
in Geneva.
The three-day meeting starts on September 12
to launch a new round of multi-lateral trade negotiations.
A press conference will be held at the G.I.S.
theatre in Beaconsfield House at 3 p.m. tomorrow
(Thursday) when Mr. Jordan will discuss various
aspects related to the meeting.
Also present will be Mr. Pearson and Mr. W. Dorward, Deputy Director (Commercial Relations) of the Commerce
and Industry Department.
You are invited to have the conference covered.
Television crews are requested to arrive early
so that they will have ample time to set up their
equipment.
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