NOTE TO EDITORS.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1983
GOVERNOR RETURNS TOMORROW ****
THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO HELP NEWSMEN COVER THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE- AND THE ARRIVAL OF MR RICHARD LUCE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS; AND SIR PERCY CRADOCK, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PEKING.
SIR EDWARD RETURNS TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) ON FLIGHT CA 101, ETA 11.45 AM. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO COVER HIS RETURN SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING NOT LATER THAN 10.45 AM.
MR LUCE ARRIVES TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING ON FLIGHT CX 712, ETA 9.35 PM. NEWSMEN COVERING HIS ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 8.30 PM.
SIR PERCY ARRIVES IN HONG KONG ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 25) ON FLIGHT CA 101, ETA 11.45 AM. THOSE ASSIGNED TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 10.45 AM.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
TEXTILES EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM REVIEWED
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THE RESULTS OF A MAJOR REVIEW OF THE QUOTA SYSTEM BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY). THE 14 RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE MEASURES TO PLUG LOOPHOLES IN THE RULE REGARDING PERSISTENT TEMPORARY TRANSFERS OF QUOTAS.
THE BOARD'S REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL THIS WEEK, WHERE IT WAS APPROVED.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE MODIFIED QUOTA SYSTEM, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD
SIMILAR REVIEWS SAID THAT THE REVIEW WAS THE THIRD OF ITS KIND. WERE CONDUCTED IN 1976 AND 1980.
+THESE REVIEWS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEM MEETS ITS TWO BASIC OBJECTIVES: FIRST, THAT HONG KONG DISCHARGES FULLY ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENTS, AND SECONDLY, THAT THE QUOTA SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR OPTIMUM UTILISATION OF RESTRAINT LIMITS AGREED WITH IMPORTING COUNTRIES,+ MR MACLEOD SAID.
/HE ADDED