SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1985
AS EXAMPLES, HE SAID CAS WAS INVOLVED IN RESCUE WORK DURING RAINSTORMS AND TYPHOONS, PARTICULAR TYPHOON ELLEN IN 1983, RURAL AREA PATROL DUTY DURING DRY SEASON TO PREVENT FIRE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE.
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HE SAID CAS NOT ONLY HELPED IN RELIEVING PRESSURE ON HONG KONG'S FULLTIME EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT ALSO MADE A GENUINE CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S 'WALK FOR A MILLION', THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL AND THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MR WIGGHAM LATER PRESENTED SPECIAL CERTIFICATES TO THE THREE MOST OUTSTANDING RECRUITS, CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO 26 OFFICERS AND COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES TO FOUR MEMBERS.
OVER 240 RECRUITS, 168 OF THEM TOOK PART IN THE PARADE, WILL BE POSTED TO VARIOUS CAS UNITS ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.
EEC STATES POSITION ON MFA, BILATERALS
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PROPOSALS IN A DRAFT NEGOTIATING MANDATE DRAWN UP BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT AND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WERE DESCRIBED TODAY BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR JOSEPH WONG.
+ IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS HAVE STILL TO BE APPROVED BY MEMBER STATES AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE EEC,+ SAID MR WONG.
THE NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE PROPOSED APPLIES TO BOTH THE MFA AND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND IT SAYS RENEGOTIATING OF BOTH MUST BE CONDUCTED TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH THE LATTER EXPIRE FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE FORMER.
IT IS PROPOSED THAT ANY EXTENSION OF THE MFA SHOULD BE FOR A FOUR-YEAR MINIMUM.
+ AMONG THE POINTS IN THE DRAFT ON THE MFA, ARE THE PROPOSAL
INCLUDING THAT THAT CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES BE DROPPED WHICH PERMITS THE REDUCTION OF THE EXPORT POSSIBILITIES OF DOMINANT SUPPLIERS IN CERTAIN PRODUCTS,+ SAID MR WONG,
+THE COMMISSION ALSO SUGGESTS THAT ALL SIGNATORIES TO THE MFA SHOULD MAKE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO OPEN UP THEIR MARKETS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR ECONOMIC POTENTIAL. +
ON BILATERAL AGREEMENTS THE COMMISSION PROPOSES GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN CONTROL MECHANISMS WITH SOME AGREEMENTS WITH SMALL SUPPLIERS BEING REPLACED BY A SIMPLE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS.
/+THE DRAFT