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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1979
TALKS WITH EEC AND US ON SUSPENDED TEXTILE ITEMS
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AN EEC DELEGATION WILL HOLD ROUTINE CONSULTATIONS IN HONG KONG ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 22) ON THREE TEXTILE ITEMS ON WHICH THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT HAS SUSPENDED EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS.
THEY ARE CATEGORY 82 (KNITTED UNDERGARMENTS OF WOOL OR REGENERATED FIBRES) CATEGORY 68 (BABIES' KNITTED UNDERGARMENTS) AND CATEGORY 109 (SAILS).
THE CONSULTATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT TWO DAYS.
MEANWHILE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS MONTH IN GENEVA ON FIVE ITEMS ON WHICH EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
THEY ARE CATEGORY 438 (WOOLLEN KNITTED SHIRTS AND BLOUSES)- CATEGORY 440 (WOOLLEN WOVEN SHIRTS AND BLOUSES)- CATEGORY 345 (COTTON SWEATERS)- CATEGORY 659 (MAN MADE FIBRE SWIMWEAR)- AND CATEGORY 342 (COTTON SKIRTS).
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE PROTRACTED.
BALLOT TO DETERMINE ALLOCATION OF NINE TAXI LICENCES
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A BALLOT WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 22) IN THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE THE ALLOCATION OF NINE TAXI LICENCES.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT IN THE LATEST TENDER FOR 300 TAXI LICENCES, 291 LICENCES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO TENDERERS OFFERING PRICES OF $230 800 AND ABOVE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO TENDERS OFFERING AN IDENTICAL UNIT PREMIUM OF $230 788 FOR A TOTAL OF 11 TAXI LICENCES.
HE SAID ONE TENDER WAS FOR ONE LICENCE AND THE OTHER WAS FOR 10 LICENCES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ONE BALLOT NUMBER WILL BE GIVEN FOR EACH TAXI LICENCE SOUGHT AND THE FIRST NINE OF THE 11 NUMBERS DRAWN WILL EACH BE ALLOCATED WITH ONE TAXI LICENCE.
RESULTS OF THE LATEST TAXI TENDER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ON OCTOBER 26.
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