THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1983
+AND HAS THE MARKET SHARE WHICH WE HAVE LOST GONE TO THE LESS DEVELOPED BENEFICIARIES? HARDLY EVER, THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM HONG KONG'S EXCLUSION ARE EITHER THE OTHER MAJOR BENEFICIARIES OR, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,+ MR CHAN SAID.
MR CHAN SAID THAT OF TOTAL U.S. IMPORTS OF THE 3 000 CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE GSP, THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES STILL ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 70 PER CENT.
+IN OTHER WORDS, EVEN WITH THE HELP OF THE GSP, THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AS A GROUP HAVE SECURED LESS THAN A 30 PER CENT SHARE OF TOTAL IMPORTS.
+AND DUTY-FREE IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG REPRESENT NO MORE THAN 1.3 PER CENT OF TOTAL U.S. IMPORTS OF GSP-ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS FROM THE WORLD IN 1982, + MR CHAN SAID.
+CAN ANYONE REASONABLY CONCLUDE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO BE GRANTED GSP TREATMENT BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AT LEAST TO THE SAME EXTENT AS PRESENT?+ MR CHAN CONCLUDED.
CLOTHING INDUSTRY MANPOWER SURVEY STARTS SEPTEMBER
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A MANPOWER SURVEY TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM SEPTEMBER 8 TO 16.
THE SURVEY IS ORGANISED BY THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
+ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA COLLECTED, THE BOARD CAN FORMULATE MEANINGFUL TRAINING PLANS FOR THE INDUSTRY,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS WILL BE SENT OUT THIS WEEK TO THE CLOTHING FACTORIES RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY.
EMPLOYERS WILL BE REQUESTED TO SUPPLY DATA RELATED TO MANPOWER AND TRAINING.
DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD, INTERVIEWERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THE FACTORIES CONCERNED TO COLLECT THE QUESTIONNAIRES AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THEM.
*THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMAR IES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE URGED EMPLOYERS TO CO-OPERATE BY SUPPLYING ACCURATE INFORMATION.
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