FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1980
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+BUT I WONDER IF WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH, IN THE FIELD OF PACKAGING, TO CAPITALISE ON THIS OTHER IMAGE CONJURED UP BY THE NAME OF HONG KONG.
+HERE IS AN ADVANTAGE WE ARE BLESSED WITH. WE DO NOT HAVE TO CREATE IT BY EXPENSIVE ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS. SHOULD WE NOT BE MAKING GREATER USE OF IT?+ HE ASKED.
+I SAID WE HAVE THE TALENT. WE DO. AND IT IS NOT JUST THE TALENT TO EMULATE THE STYLES OF LONDON, ZURICH, OR NEW YORK. THE POLYTECHNIC IS PRODUCING YOUNG DESIGNERS WHOSE TALENTS IMPRESS ME MORE AND MORE EACH TIME I SEE ONE OF THEIR STIMULATING EXHIBITIONS.
+TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND OTHER CENTRES OF LEARNING ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR RESERVOIR OF YOUNG TALENT UNIQUELY EQUIPPED TO BRING TO THE TECHNIQUES OF TODAY THE TRADITIONS OF YESTERDAY AND TO USE A VISUAL VOCABULARY WHICH CAN COMMUNICATE THE COLOUR AND VIBRANCE OF THIS EXCITING CITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
ON THE ROLE OF THE HONG KONG PACKAGING COUNCIL, MR DORWARD SAID THAT IT WAS SET UP BY PEOPLE RESPONDING TO AN EVIDENT NEED, AND WHO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO SEE THAT THE UPWARD TREND IN QUALITY OF PRODUCT HAD TO BE MATCHED BY PACKAGING IF THE COMPETITIVE EDGE OF INDUSTRY WAS NOT TO BE LOST.
THE INTERNATIONAL PACKAGING SYMPOSIUM WAS HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG PACKAGING COUNCIL OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG PACKAGING COUNCIL.
IT WAS ORGANISED TO PROVIDE AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PACKAGING KNOWLEDGE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL AUDIENCE, DELEGATES FROM ASIA'S MAJOR PACKAGING ORGANISATIONS ALSO TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AFTER ATTENDING THE 7TH ASIAN PACKAGING FEDERATION CONGRESS HELD IN TOKYO FROM SEPTEMBER 3 TO 5.
OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE SYMPOSIUM INCLUDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD PACKAGING ORGANISATION THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PACKAGING COUNCIL.
HONG KONG/NORWAY TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS ADJOUR NED
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CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NORWAY ON ARRANGEMENTS TO REPLACE NORWAY'S EXISTING IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS WERE ADJOURNED TODAY, AFTER TALKS LASTING FOUR DAYS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CONSULTATIONS WILL RESUME IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT MONTH,
THE CONSULTATIONS ARE BEING HELD FOLLOWING A GATT COUNCIL DECISION IN JUNE THAT NORWAY'S RESTRICTIONS UNDER ARTICLE 19 WERE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE GATT,
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