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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1986
IF APPROVED, THE PROPOSALS WILL COME INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO APPROVE AN ALLOCATION OF $1 646 280 000 FOR THE CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND FOR THE YEAR 1986-87, AS WELL AS A SUM OF $23 MILLION MORE FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO COMMERCIAL CRIMES.
THE MONEY FOR THE CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND WILL BE FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION, AND BUILDING, ENGINEERING, NEW TOWN, AND WATER WORKS.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE ASKED TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOTH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SUB COMMITTEES,
AND IT WILL ALSO RECONSIDER THE POST OFFICE'S EARLIER REQUEST FOR A LUMPSUM OF $128.33 MILLION AND A RECURRENT SUM OF $5.72 MILLION FOR THE SETTING UP OF A MECHANISED LETTER SORTING MACHINE.
PEKING TALKS ON GATT, INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
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EXPERT TALKS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE STATUS IN GATT AND THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN PEKING BETWEEN JANUARY 8 AND 11 FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT IN THE SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE TWO SUBJECTS,
THE BRITISH TEAM OF EXPERTS ON GATT WILL BE LED BY MR ERIC HO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, AND OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE MR F. BURROWS, LAW OFFICER (SPECIAL DUTIES), MRS L.K.Y. WEI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRADE (MULTILATERAL), MR R.C. WILSON, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES), MR A. TO, SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PEKING EMBASSY.
THE TEAM FOR TALKS ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WILL BE LED BY MR F. BURROWS, AND OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE MR A. TO, MR R.C. WILSON AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PEKING EMBASSY,
THE TEAMS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY TWO INTERPRETERS, MR Y.P. CHENG AND MRS S.Y.S. CHIU,
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