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TIKUDEDAY, MAY 16, 1974.
PASSING OUT PARADE FOR 100 PRISONS OFFICERS
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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR. LEVIS DAVIES, WILL INSPECT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF OVER 100 PRISONS OFFICERS 011 SATURDAY (MAY 18).
THE PARADE WILL CONSIST OF 24 OFFICERS AND 84 ASSISTANT OFFICERS 11, INCLUDING FIVE VOAN OFFICERS FOR EACH GRADE.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 11 A., AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN TUNG TAU VAN ROAD, STANLEY.
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE THE BAND OF THE CAPE COLLINSON TRAINING CENTRE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE PARADE COVERED. A RECEPTION WILL ES HELD AFTER THE CEREMONY.
NEW ACREEKENT ON TEXTILE EXPORTS TO U.S. XXXXX X
A NEW AGREEMENT COVERING EXPORTS OF HONG KONG TEXTILES TO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN REACHED IN WASHINGTOM AFTER NEGO... TIATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S. GOVERMENT.
THE AGREEMENT APPLIES TO EXPORTS OF HONG KONG COTTON, MAN-MADE FIBRE AND VOOL TEXTILES TO THE U.S. FR0:1 OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WAS LED BY MR. LAURENCE HILLS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (COMMERCIAL RELATIONS).
MR. MILLS, UHO IS NOGU BACK IN HONG KONG, SAID TODAY THAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SHORTLY BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, AND FURTHER DETAILS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE HOLD UNDER THE RULES OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENT COVERING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR.
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