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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1975
IN CONNECTION WITH THE LATTER THE AIM OF THE COURSE WAS TO STUDY THESE TOPICS IN RELATION TO LIFE IN HONG KONG SO THAT THE TOPICS HAD DIRECT RELEVANCE TO A PUPIL'S EXPERIENCE AND GIVE HIM A SOUND DACKGROUND AS A RESULT OF WHICH HE WOULD DE ADLE TO PLAY HIS PART IN SOCIETY MORE EFFECTIVELY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IN NO WAY LIMITING HIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER STUDY IF HE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE WITH HIS EDUCATION.
ON THE APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT MR. BROWN POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE OF ITS NATURE SOCIAL STUDIES GAVE WIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND IT WAS INTENDED THAT CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND DEDATES, SCHOOL VISITS, THE COLLECTION OF DATA AND MATERIALS BY STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE USE OF MODERN AUDIO VISUAL TECHNIQUES SHOULD BE A VITAL PART OF THE NEW COURSE.
IT WAS HOPED HE SAID. THAT BY 1977 THE COURSE WOULD HAVE DEEN FINALISED AND TEACHING MATERIAL VIDELY AVAILABLE TO ALL SCHOOLS.
TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HK-EEC TEXTILES NEGOTIATIONS
THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD MET EARLY THIS MORNING IN A SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER THE LATEST SITUATION REPORTED BY THE HONG KONG TEAM NEGOTIATING WITH THE E.E.C. IN BRUSSELS ON BROAD RANGING RESTRAINTS ON HONG KONG TEXTILES EXPORTS TO THE COMMON MARKET.
THE THIRD ROUND OF NEGOTIATION HAS BEEN GOING ON IN DRUSSELS SINCE JULY 7. AND ALTHOUGH A BROAD MEASURE OF AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, CERTAIN PROBLEMS REMAIN TO BE RESOLVED. THIS HAS INVOLVED CONSULTATION DETWEEN THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. JIMMY MCGREGOR, AND THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.
AT THE MEETING THIS MORNING THE BOARD GAVE ADVICE ON THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES, THIS ADVICE IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO THE HONG KONG TEAM IN DRUSSELS.
IN ORDER THAT THE FINAL NEGOTIATION MAY TAKE PLACE IN AN ATMOSPHERE RELIEVED OF ANXIETY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IN VIEW OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN EARLY AGREEMENT BEING REACHED, THE DIRECTOR SUSPENDED LICENSING FOR ALL EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO THE EEC WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. TODAY.
LICENCES ALREADY ISSUED AND THOSE AWAITING COLLECTION WILL BE HONOURED. NEW LICENCE APPLICATIONS, HOWEVER, WILL NOT BE PROCESSED FOR THE TIME BEING.
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