THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY MEETS MEMBERS OF TEXTILES, TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS
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THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY, MR ERIC VARLEY, TODAY (THURSDAY) MET UNOFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AT A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, MR VARLEY WAS INTRODUCED TO THE BOARDS' MEMBERS BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR. DAVID JORDAN WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF BOTH BOARDS.
THE JOINT MEETING WAS HELD IN THE OCEAN CENTRE HEADQUARTERS OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.
THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT ON MATTERS OF POLICY AFFECTING TRADE AND INDUSTRY OTHER THAN TEXTILES.
THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD IS A MORE SPECIALISED BODY WHICH ADVISES ON ALL MATTERS OF POLICY CONCERNING THE TEXTILES AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES. IT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS OF ALL TEXTILE RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY HONG KONG.
EARLIER, MR. VARLEY AND SIR MURRAY HAD A MEETING WITH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR. D.G. JEAFFRESON, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, MR. D.J.C. JONES SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR. DAVID FORD- DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR. DAVID WONG AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR. D.C. WILSON.
FOLLOWING THIS, MR. VARLEY, ACCOMPANIED BY SIR MURRAY AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKER-JONES, BOARDED A HELICOPTER TO SEE THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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