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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1986
+HE IS GOING ON TO ANOTHER VERY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT JOB. HIS PLACE WILL BE TAKEN BY MR HUM WHO IS GOING TO JOIN US FOR THIS MEETING.
+HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HONG KONG AND ALSO WITH THE PEKING SIDE OF THINGS, AND HE WILL BE TAKING OVER AS THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM MR GALSWORTHY, HE SAID.
MEETING DR WILSON AND MR GALSWORTHY AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES, MR PETER WILLIAMS, THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN.
MODIFIED U.S. CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE
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THE U.S. CUSTOMS HAS ISSUED A MODIFIED DIRECTIVE ON FEBRUARY <& TO REPLACE THE ONE ISSUED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, A TRADE DEPARTME T SPOKESMAN SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIVE, WHICH WILL STILL TAKE EFFECT ON MARCH 9, 1986, ITS PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH REVISED ENTRY PROCEDURE> FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS OF TEXTILES AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE DIRECTIVE, WHICH IS A VERY TECHNICAL DOCUMENT, IS DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET. ITS MAIN FEATURES ARE:
(A) IT APPEARS THAT TEXTILE SHIPMENTS FROM HONG KONG, APART
FROM SOME EXCEPTIONS NOTED BELOW WILL REQUIRE FORMAL ENTRY, WHICH INCLUDES ENTRY UNDER THE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY RELEASE PROCEDURE. THIS PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR SHIPMENTS TO BE RELEASED AFTER FILING OF CERTAIN PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTATION, AND THE FULL DOCUMENTATION AND DUTIES WILL NEED TO BE FILED AND PAID ABOUT TEN DAYS THEREAFTER.
(B)
(C)
COMMERCIAL SAMPLES, PROPERLY MARKED, AND VALUED AT U.S. $250 OR LESS, CAN CONTINUE TO BE ENTERED AS IN THE PAST UNDER THE SIMPLE INFORMAL ENTRY PROCEDURE. THE DIRECTIVE SPECIFIES MEANS OF MARKING SAMPLES, BY INDELIBLE STAMPS OR BY LABELS ACCORDING TO THE SAMPLE TYPE.
PERSONAL SHIPMENTS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW REQUIREMENT, REGARDLESS OF VALUE, WHEN ACCOMPANYING THE TRAVELLER. LIKEWISE, BONA FIDE GIFTS, SENT EITHER BY MAIL OR BY FREIGHT, WILL ALSO NOT BE AFFECTED.
(D) UNACCOMPANIED PERSONAL SHIPMENTS WILL REQUIRE FORMAL
ENTRY, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS THAT THEY MAY BE RELEASED UNDER IMMEDIATE DELIVERY PROCEDURE.
/THE SPOKESMAN