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+WE ARE ASKING, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, FOR THE TIGHTENING UP OF THE DEFINITION OF AND CRITERIA FOR 'MARKET DISRUPTION' ON THE BASIS OF WHICH RESTRAINT IS JUSTIFIED A PHASING OUT OF RESTRAINTS- A BETTER DEAL FOR SMALL SUPPLIERS AND NEW ENTRANTS, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ESTABLISHED SUPPLIERS. WE HAVE ́MADE QUITE CLEAR THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE DEPARTURES FROM THE MFA - REASONABLE OR UNREASONABLE, EMPHASISED MR MILLS.
THE FIRMNESS OF THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE DEVELOPING EXPORTING COUNTRIES REFLECTED THE STRONG DEGREE OF COOPERATION AND COHESIVENESS THEY HAD RECENTLY ACHIEVED. HAVING MET THREE TIMES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS, AND TO DEFINE AND REFINE THEIR NEGOTIATING POSITIONS, THEY WERE LIKELY TO MEET AGAIN IN OCTOBER IN CAIRO.
+THE FIRMNESS OF THEIR POSITION MAS TAKEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES SOMEWHAT BY SURPRISE. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THAT FIRMNESS AND THE UNDERLYING UNITY WILL HOLD, AND THAT THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WILL BE ABLE TO EXERT A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE NEGOTIATIONS THAN THEY WERE ABLE TO IN 1977.
+ CANNOT PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPED IMPORTING COUNTRIES HAVE NOW REALISED THAT AT THE NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY INDEED, CONCLUDED MR MILLS.
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FOR AUGUST ****
ENUMERATORS FROM THE PERMANENT STAFF OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL BE MAKING THE IR REGULAR MONTHLY FIELD SURVEY OF 5 000 HOUSEHOLDS FROM THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, IN THE COURSE OF A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO COLLECT CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
SELECTION IS BY RANDOM SAMPLE ON A MONTHLY BASIS THROUGHOUT ALL DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG, THOUGH SOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE REPEATED ONCE IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLDS.
QUESTIONS COVERED BY THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY INCLUDE AGE, SEX AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS, ACTIVITY STATUS, OCCUPATION, EARNINGS, HOURS OF WORK OF THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED AND REASONS FOR THOSE NOT SEEKING WORK, TENURE, RENT AND INCOME OF HOUSEHOLDS.
OFFICIAL LETTERS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH ARE BEING SENT TO THE HOUSEHOLDS EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY AND SEEKING THE COOPERATION OF THE PEOPLE CONCERNED.
ENUMERATORS WILL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH OFFICIAL IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL NOT BE REVEALED TO ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION OUTSIDE THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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