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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1986
+ THE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT NORMAL OPERATION WILL BE RESUMED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THAT DISRUPTION DURING THE RECABLING EXERCISE WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT SIGNS WOULD BE PUT UP ALONG THE APPROACH ROADS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE TUNNEL TO WARN MOTORISTS OF THE RECABLING WORK.
TALKS ON HK'S TEXTILE EXPORTS TO U.S.
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BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S TEXTILE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR MACLEOD SAID THE EXISTING HONG KONG-U.S. BILATERAL TEXTILES AGREEMENT DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL THE END OF 1987.
COMMENTING ON THE TIMING OF THE U.S. REQUEST FOR BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS, WHICH COMES AS MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN HAND CONCERNING ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE MFA IN JULY THIS YEAR, MR MACLEOD SAID: +SOME IMPORTING COUNTRIES VIEW THE MFA AND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AS CLOSELY LINKED. IN THE PAST THE EEC HAS TAKEN A SIMILAR APPROACH.+
MR MACLEOD WAS SPEAKING AFTER A MEETING OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD TO DISCUSS THE U.S. REQUEST FOR BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS. THE BOARD HAD A FULL AND DETAILED DISCUSSION OF
ITS IMPLICATIONS.
MR MACLEOD SAID A RESPONSE TO THE U.S. REQUEST WOULD NOW BE PREPARED AND WOULD PROBABLY BE CONVEYED TO THE U.S. NEXT WEEK.
YOUTHS WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS
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KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THIS EVENING (SATURDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE NOT TO EXPERIMENT WITH ANY FORM OF DRUGS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ANTI-NARCOTIC BLUE LIGHT DISCO AT THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG TANG SHIU KIN INDOOR GAMES HALL. MR COAK SAID NARCOTIC ABUSE AMONG THE YOUNG WAS ONE OF THE MOST INSIDIOUS MALADIES OF OUR TIME.
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