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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1980
ONLY BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP ON QUEENSWAY WESTBOUND BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND COTTON TREE DRIVE. HOWEVER, THE WESTBOUND LOOP ROAD ON QUEENSWAY NEAR VICTORIA BARRACKS WILL BE OPENED AS A PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN BAY FOR PLBS AND FRANCHISED BUSES. WAITING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON THIS SECTION OF ROAD.
LIMITED ACCESS FOR PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS WITHIN THE ADMIRALTY STATION COMPLEX, ENTRY WILL BE VIA THE APPROACH ROAD FROM QUEENSWAY EASTBOUND.
USE OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO ADMIRALTY STATION NEXT TO THE NEW RODNEY BLOCK WILL BE RESTRICTED TO FRANCHISED BUSES CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND VEHICLES REQUIRING ACCESS TO NEW RODNEY BLOCK.
MORE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE WHEN THE TWO MTR STATIONS' ROAD NETWORK IS COMPLETED.
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HONG KONG'S MINI-DIPLOMATIC SERVICE *****
THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, MR PETER TSAO SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR HONG KONG, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HONG KONG IN WORLD TRADE, REQUIRED THAT WE MUST SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPRESENTING OUR OWN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN RELATION WITH OUR MAIN TRADING PARTNERS.
ADDRESSING A GATHERING OF THE HONG KONG KNITWEAR EXPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, MR TSAO EXPLAINED HOW HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED IN WORLD TRADE, AND THE LIMITED DIPLOMATIC SERVICE THAT HONG KONG MAINTAINED OVERSEAS.
HE REFERRED TO A RECENT EDITORIAL IN A LEADING ENGLISH NEWSPAPER, IN WHICH THE WRITER LAMENTED THE FACT THAT, EXCEPT IN THE RECENT ROUND OF TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE USA, HONG KONG HAD BEEN REPRESENTED BY BRITAIN.
+THE WRITER SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD SET UP FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN GENEVA, BRUSSELS AND WASHINGTON, IN ADDITION TO LONDON. I DON'T BLAME THE WRITER FOR BEING SOMEWHAT CONFUSED, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SLIGHTLY CONFUSING SITUATION.
+CONSTITUTIONALLY, BRITAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. THEREFORE BRITISH POSTS AROUND THE WORLD CAN BE, AND ARE, ASKED TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF, IN MATTERS RELATING TO OUR EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
+HOWEVER, IN COMMERCIAL RELATIONS HONG KONG HAS, OVER THE YEARS ACQUIRED CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM IN CONDUCTING ITS OWN BUSINESS VIS-A-VIS FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, SAID MR TSAO.
/+THIS IS
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