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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1973
GOVERNMENT AWARE OF MP'S REMARKS ON HK-EEC TEXTILE AGREEMENT
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, THE HON. DAVID JORDAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT THE GOVERNEMENT IS AWARE OF THE REMARKS ADE EY A MEMEER OF PARLIANENT ABOUT HONG KONG IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW EEC MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT.
PIR. JORDAN WAS REPLYING TO THE HON. LYDIA DUNN WHO ASKED IS THE GOVERNMENT AWARE OF THE ADMISSION, NOT DENIED BY A ERITISH GOVERNMENT MINISTER, MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON EEC TEXTILE POLICY ON APRIL 11 THAT IT WAS +RIGHT AND ADVANTAGEOUS+ FOR THE HK/EEC AGREEMENT TO BE NEGOTIATED IN SUCH A WAY AS +EFFECTIVELY TO SQUEEZE+ THE SHARE OF THE MARKET AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG IN FAVOUR OF OTHER SUPPLIERS.
MR. JORDAN SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL REPORT, THE ACTUAL WORDS OF THAT MP WERE: +1 BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RIGHT AND ADVANTAGEOUS IN THE NEW MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT WAS THE WAY IN WHICH THE THREE BIGGEST SUPPLIERS-- HONG KONG, TAIWAN AND SOUTH KOREA -- WERE EFFECTIVELY SQUEEZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A LARGER SHARE FOR THE SUPPLIES IN POORER THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.+
UNFORTUNATELY, MR. JORDAN SAID HE COULD NOT QUCTE FROM THE SPEECH OF THE MINISTER WHO CONCLUDED THE DEBATE BECAUSE THE PRINTING OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE LATTER PART OF THE DEBATE HAS BEEN DELAYED BY INDUSTRIAL ACTION.
+HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND FROM OUR LONDON OFFICE THAT MISS DUNN IS CORRECT: THE MINISTER CONCERNED DID NOT INDEED MAKE ANY SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE REMARK THAT MISS DUMN HAS QUOTED,+ MR. JORDAN SAID.
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APPEAL FOR REVIEW OF SENTENCE BEING CONSIDERED
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. JOHN HOBLEY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT HE WAS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO APPLY TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR A REVIEW OF THE SENTENCES CONCERNING A RECENT DISTRICT COURT CASE.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO STU-WAH WHO ASKED: +WILL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSIDER APPLYING TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR A REVIEW OF THE SENTENCES RECENTLY IMPOSED BY A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ON THE COUPLE WHO OPERATED A CALL-GIRL RACKET?+
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