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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1986
MANPOWER SURVEY OF MERCHANT NAVY TO START
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A SURVEY TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE MANPOWER SITUATION OF THE MERCHANT NAVY WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 27 AND MARCH 27 BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S MERCHANT NAVY TRAINING BOARD.
+THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR FORMULATING MEANINGFUL TRAINING PLANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRY,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRAINING BOARD SAID.
HE URGED SHIPPING AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AS WELL AS RECRUITMENT AGENCIES COVERED IN THE SURVEY TO COOPERATE BY SUPPLYING THE INFORMATION NEEDED.
INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL ONLY BE PUBLISHED AS STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY ONE COMPANY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS WERE RECENTLY SENT TO COMPANIES TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY, OFFICERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL BE CALLING AT THESE COMPANIES TO ASSIST IN THE COMPLETION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES.
U.S. SETS NEW POSTAL RULES ON TEXTILES
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ALL POSTAL PACKETS AND PARCELS FROM HONG KONG CONTAINING TEXTILE PRODUCTS, REGARDLESS OF VALUE, WILL REQUIRE FORMAL ENTRY TREATMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FROM MARCH 7, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MEASURE, WHICH WILL APPLY ALSO TO SPEEDPOST PACKAGES, WAS RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE PRESENT POSTING PROCEDURES IN HONG KONG, THE ONLY CHANGE IS THAT SUCH ITEMS WHEN ARRIVING AT THE U.S. WILL BE RETAINED BY THE DESTINATION POST OFFICE AND THE ADDRESSEES WILL BE ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE FORMAL ENTRY PROCEDURE OF CUSTOMS CLEARANCE BEFORE THEY CAN TAKE DELIVERY OF THE ITEM, + HE SAID.
→CUSTOMERS WISHING TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORMAL ENTRY PROCEDURE IN THE U.S. SHOULD APPROACH THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN HONG KONG.+
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