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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1985
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REPORTERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE CLOSED WORKING
SESSION SHOULD BE AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BY 11.15 AM TO REGISTER.
AT 11.30 AM, THE FIRST, BACKGROUND, PART OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
AT 12.30 PM, EVENING NEWSPAPER REPORTERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE TO FILE STORIES BASED ON THIS PART OF THE SPEECH.
OTHER REPORTERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION THAT AFTERNOON WILL ALSO LEAVE AT THIS POINT.
BOTH GROUPS MUST BEAR IN MIND THE EMBARGO STATED IN PARAGRAPH 1.
AFTER DEPARTURE OF THE ABOVE TWO GROUPS, THE REMAINING REPORTERS WILL BE GIVEN THE SECOND PART OF THE SPEECH, CONTAINING THE BUDGET PROPOSALS. NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM UNTIL AFTER THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS FINISHED SPEAKING. A SANDWICH LUNCH, AND SOFT DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED.
ON COMPLETION OF DELIVERY, THE CLOSED SESSION WILL END AND REPORTERS MAY LEAVE.
NOTE 1
ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES REGISTERING FOR THE CLOSED WORKING SESSION WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED IN FULL THE ABOVE CONDITIONS.
HK REPORTS TO TSB ON TEXTILES TALKS WITH U.S.
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IN A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY (TSB) IN GENEVA, HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE FAILURE SO FAR OF THE UNITED STATES TO ADDRESS THE TSB'S RECOMMENDATION TO RELIEVE THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS FACING HONG KONG'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CAUSED BY THE U.S. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REGULATIONS.
THE REPORT WAS CONTAINED IN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSB, AMBASSADOR M. RAFFAELLI, FROM THE COUNSELLOR FOR HONG KONG AFFAIRS IN GENEVA, MR M.D. CARTLAND.
/+THE HONG