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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1976
D C AND OFFICIALS LEAVE FOR TALKS
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THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN AND MR. PETER TSAO, LEAVE FOR LONDON THIS WEEK TO ATTEND A LIAISON MEETING WITH HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVES OVERSEAS.
THE MEETING IS A ROUTINE ONE, AND THE DISCUSSIONS WILL COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS WHICH FALL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT'S SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES. OFFICIALS ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE MR. CLAUDE BURGESS OF THE BRUSSELS OFFICE, MR. LAWRENCE MILLS AND MR. GERRY PEARSON OF THE GENEVA OFFICE. MR. S.T. KIDD, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER AND MR. STEWART WEBB-JOHNSON OF THE LONDON OFFICE.
MR. ALEC HERMANN, WHO REPRESENTS HONG KONG IN WASHINGTON AND WHO IS CURRENTLY ON LEAVE IN LONDON, WILL ALSO ATTEND.
MR. JORDAN WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF HIS VISIT TO HOLD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH BRITISH OFFICIALS FROM THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY.
IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING THE LONDON MEETING, MR. TSAO WILL HAVE TALKS WITH EUROPEAN IMPORTING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NORWAY AND AUSTRIA, TO FINALISE CERTAIN TEXTILE RESTRAINT ARRANGEMENTS, NEGOTIATIONS ON WHICH WERE STARTED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
FROM LONDON MR. TSAO WILL GO TO OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON TO DISCUSS WITH THE OFFICIALS THERE OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING EXPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE FABRICS TO CANADA, AND T-SHIRTS TO THE UNITED STATES.
MR. TSAO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON THIS LATTER LEG OF HIS TRIP BY MR. BRIAN CHAU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF REGIONS OTHER THAN EUROPE.
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