WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1985
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MR JOSEPH YAM CHI-KWONG
AGED 37. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN MAY 1971 AS A STATISTICIAN, AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR STATISTICIAN IN DECEMBER 1977. FROM JULY 1979 TO OCTOBER 1982 MR YAM WAS A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, FOLLOWING WHICH HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AND BECAME A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS. MR YAM HAS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS ACTED FOR SHORT PERIODS AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS.
NO EFFECT SEEN HERE FROM U.S. LABEL RULES
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THE RECENTLY-AMENDED U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) REGULATIONS ON LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON HONG KONG EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
ALL IMPORTED GOODS MANUFACTURED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WERE ALREADY SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LABELLING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SEPARATE U.S. LEGISLATION, HE SAID.
THE U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION HAD PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17 THE REVISED REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE ALL U.S. DOMESTICALLY MANUFACTURED AND IMPORTED TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS TO BE LABELLED WITH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, HE SAID.
THIS NEW LEGISLATION WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF FTC REGULATIONS.
THE REVISED REGULATIONS REQUIRE:
A) DISCLOSURE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR U.S. DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURED PRODUCT;
B)
c)
SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR ATTACHING THE ORIGIN LABEL;
ALL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT HOSIERY) AND PACKAGES TO BE
INDIVIDUALLY LABELLED, AND
D) MAIL ORDER CATALOGUES AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO
INDICATE THE ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT UNDER DISPLAY.
COPIES OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATION CIRCULAR CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE FTC REGULATIONS WERE BEING SENT TO LOCAL EXPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS, HE SAID.
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