+CLEARLY OUR MAIN AIM NOW MUST BE TO ENSURE OUR INDUSTRY IS PUT IN THE BEST POSITION TO ADJUST QUICKLY TO THE NEW SITUATION.
+WHILE WE SHALL AND MUST CONTINUE TO ARGUE OUR CASE IN THE TEXTILE SURVEILLANCE BODY, THERE IS A PRACTICAL LIMIT TO HOW MUCH LONGER OUR INDUSTRY CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO OPERATE UNDER TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES.
+ANY CHANGE IN THIS DIRECTION SHOULD IN NO WAY BE INTERPRETED AS ACCEPTING THE U.S. POSITION, WE DO NOT, AND WE HAVE MADE THIS VERY CLEAR.
+WE SHALL NOW BE CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SITUATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INDUSTRY AND THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD. WE SHALL THEN ISSUE AN EXPLANATORY CIRCULAR TO THE INDUSTRY, MR MACLEOD SAID.
PREVIOUSLY, UNDER BOTH HONG KONG AND U.S. RULES, SWEATERS ASSEMBLED IN HONG KONG FROM CHINESE PARTS WERE REGARDED AS OF HONG KONG ORIGIN, AND WERE EXPORTED TO THE U.S. UNDER HONG KONG QUOTA.
UNDER INTERIM TEXTILE IMPORT REGULATIONS PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 1984, THE U.S. UNILATERALLY REVERSED THIS RULE, SO THAT THESE PRODUCTS WOULD IN FUTURE REQUIRE CHINESE QUOTA, SOME 70 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S SWEATER EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE AFFECTED.
NT HAWKER LICENCE, PITCH FEES REVISED ******
HAWKER AND PITCH FEES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE BEEN REVISED WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY, UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF THIS IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE, A SPOKESMAN
FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE REVISED FEES APPLY TO ALL ITINERANT HAWKERS AND FIXED PITCH OPERATORS, TRADESMEN, TEMPORARY LICENCE HOLDERS, OPERATORI OF COOKED FOOD STALLS, LIGHT REFRESHMENT STALLS AND NEWSPAPER PITCHES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE FEES WERE LAST REVISED TWO YEARS AGO, IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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