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+I STILL HOPE THAT THE UNITED STATES' LONG COMMITMENT TO COMBATTING PROTECTIONISM WILL PREVAIL IN THIS CASE. I STILL HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RECOGNITION THAT THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED HERE ARE IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO THOSE AFFECTED, BUT TO THE U.S. ITSELF IN THE LONG RUN NONE OF US GAIN. IF FAITH IN THE SYSTEM OF MUTUAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IS WEAKENED.
+ I TRUST THAT EVENTS WILL NOT PROVE MY HOPE TO BE MISPLACED AND THAT THE REGULATIONS WILL BE WITHDRAWN, + MR MACLEOD SA ID,
MR MACLEOD EXPRESSED HONG KONG'S FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATEMENT MADE BY MR DELGADO OF MEXICO ON BEHALF OF DEVELOPING EXPORTERS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.
THESE COUNTRIES CONTINUED TO BREAK WITH ONE VOICE, ATTACKING THE U.S. FOR ITS POSITION ON THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RULES AND THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY PETITIONS.
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY REMAINED CRITICAL OF THE U.S. POSITION AND SAID THAT ITS VIEWS REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE. OTHER DEVELOP ING COUNTRIES SOUGHT IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE NEW REGULATIONS.
SWEDEN SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE NORDICS AND MALAYSIA ON BEHALF OF THE ASEAN COUNTRIES.
OTHER DELEGATES WHO SPOKE WERE FROM CHINA, BRAZIL, INDIA, KOREA, POLAND, JAPAN, URUGUAY, TURKEY, CANADA, EGYPT,
YUGOSLAVIA, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA, PAKISTAN, COLOMBIA, PERU, NORWAY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETS AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22.
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300 NEW CAS RECRUITS TO PARADE
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OVER 300 MEN AND WOMEN CIVIL AID SERVICES ADULT RECRUITS WILL TAKE PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 20) AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS, HARBOUR HOAD, HONG KONG AT 7.30 PM,
THE RECRUITS HAVE JUST COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING IN FOOT DRILL, DISCIPLINE, FIRST AID, LIGHT RESCUE, FOREST FIRE FIGHT I' COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND TYPHOON DUTIES.
THEY WILL BE POSTED TO VARIOUS CAS UNITS IN HONG KONG, KO... 12. AND THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
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