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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1985
TURNING TO TRADE MATTERS, HE SPOKE OF THE PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION CURRENTLY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, PRIMARILY THE JENKINS BILL WHICH SOUGHT TO LIMIT TEXTILĖ IMPORTS.
+TEXTILES LEGISLATION IS BEING DEBATED IN CONGRESS THIS VERY DAY WHICH, IF ENACTED, WOULD DEVASTATE WORLD TRADE LAW AND LEAD US ALL HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE CERTAINLY DOWNWARD, THAT IS ALL WE CAN BE CERTAIN OF .+
MR DORWARD SAID THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT NOW HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BOARD, WHICH CONTAINED RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUTURE CANADIAN POLICY IN THAT AREA.
+THESE ADDRESS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, NOT MERELY BILATERAL RELATIONS BUT ALSO CANADA'S FUTURE POLICY TOWARD THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT, WHICH EXPIRES NEXT JULY,+ MR DORWARD SAID.
+AS ONE WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ORIGINAL CANADIAN NEGOTIATORS OF THE FIRST MEA, BACK IN 1973 IN GENEVA, I AN CONFIDENT THAT CANADA WILL AGAIN BE STRONGLY ON THE SIDE OF REASON AND CO-OPERATION IN SEEK ING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME,+
IN HIS SPEECH, MR DORWARD ALSO REVIEWED THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF HONG KONG TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS NOW BEING MADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE HANDOVER. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED IN MONTREAL BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE, DENNIS YAU, WHO ALSO MADE A PRESENTATION.
FLEXIBILITY IN APPOINTING COMMANDING OFFICERS ***
COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT WILL IN FUTURE BE APPOINTED FOR SUCH PERIOD AS THE GOVERNOR MAY SPECIFY
IN EACH PARTICULAR CASE.
THE MOVE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT MORE FLEXIBLE IS CONTAINE IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1985 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATI, THE APPOINTMENT - MADE BY THE GOVERNOR ON THE ADVICE OF THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES -- WAS FOR THREE YEARS WITH AN EXTENSI、 NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR.
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