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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1974.
HONG KONG RESUMING TEXTILE TALKS IN WASHINGTON
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MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, LEFT FOR WASHINGTON TODAY CWEDNESDAY) FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG'S EXISTING TEXTILE EXPORT RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING HELD UNDER THE RULES OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENT COVERING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES. THEY FOLLOW EARLIER TALKS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG WITH U.S. OFFICIALS IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
MR. MILLS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THREE OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, MR. PETER TSAO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, MR. T.H. CHAU AND MR. P.L.C. LAU.
THEY WILL BE JOINED LATER BY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, MR. FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN, MR. B.1. BARLOW, MR. C.K. CHOW AND MR. JACK C. TANG, WHO WILL BE ADVISERS TO THE HONG KONG DELEGATION.
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