TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
GOVERNOR TO VISIT URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, IS TO VISIT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
HE WILL FIRST ARRIVE AT THE USD HEADQUARTERS FOR A BRIEF ING BY SENIOR OFFICERS ON THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AS PART OF THE VISIT HE WILL BE TAKEN TO PEI HO STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO TO SEE THE HAWKER PROBLEMS AND THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS AT WORK THERE.
SIR EDWARD WILL ALSO TOUR THE OLD SHAM SHUI PO MARKET WHICH IS DUE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND INSPECT THE SURVEYED STATIC HAWKER STALLS ALONG KI LUNG STREET.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO SHAM SHUI PO TOMORROW. SIR EDWARD IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE JUNCTION OF PE! HO STREET AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD AT ABOUT 4 PM. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
URBCO CHAIRMAN LOBBIES AGAINST JENKINS BILL
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, TODAY CALLED ON SAN FRANCISCO FOR ITS SUPPORT IN TURNING THE TIDE OF PROTECTIONISM NOW SPREADING IN THE UNITED STATES.
MR CHEONG-LEEN, HEADING A FIVE-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE LAST LEG OF A TWO-WEEK WORKING VISIT TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, WAS ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
HE SAID: +HONG KONG IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF FREE MARKET ECONOMY AND HONOURS TO THE FULL ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT). HONG KONG DOES NOT LEVY IMPORT DUTIES, NOR DOES IT MAINTAIN ANY RESTRICTIONS ON MARKETS. IT IS AGAINST ALL FORMS OF CONTROL WHICH ACT AS IMPEDIMENTS TO TRADE.
+THUS, WE IN HONG KONG ARE MOST DISMAYED BY THE JENKINS BILL BECAUSE THE BILL SEEKS TO IMPOSE RESTRAINTS ON TEXTILE IMPORTS UNDER THE MULTI-FIBRE AGREEMENT (MFA).+
IR CHEONG-LEEN