ON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1985
+THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE PROVISION OF HIGH-CAPACITY HIGHWAYS - SUCH AS THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS FOR THE SAFE AND RAPID MOVEMENT OF LARGE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC GENERATED BY HOUSING PROJECTS, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUCH IMPORTANT FACILITIES AS THE CONTAINER PORT.
+THIS PROJECT IS THUS PART OF A LARGER SCALE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH IS CONTINUING WITH SUBSTANTIAL FORWARD MOMENTUM, + HE SAID.
EXEMPTION ORDER PUBLISHED ***
THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) ORDER 1985.
THE ORDER EXEMPTS THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 151).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE AIM OF THE EXEMPTION ORDER WAS TO FACILITATE THE SETTING UP OF THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE.
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HK, U.S. AGREE TO LIFT CALL
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CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS ON EXPORT OF MAN-MADE FIBRE LUGGAGE AND THREE EXPORT AUTHORISATION (EA) CALLS HAVE RESULTED IN AGREEMENT ON THE LIFTING OF A CALL FOR CATEGORY 440 (WOOL SHIRTS AND BLOUSES).
THE TALKS, WHICH STARTED IN HONG KONG YESTERDAY, ENDED THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID CONSULTATIONS ON CATEGORY 361 (COTTON SHEETS) AND MAN-MADE-FIBRE LUGGAGE HAD NOT RESULTED IN ANY AGREEMENT. FURTHER CONSULTATIONS WILL BE HELD ON THESE TWO ITEMS, BUT NO DATE HAS YET BEEN SET.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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