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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1986
HONG KONG-CANADA TEXTILE TALKS END
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BILATERAL TEXTILE TALKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA FINISHED TODAY (FRIDAY CANADA TIME) WITHOUT REACHING ANY CONCLUSION, A TRADE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TALKS WAS TO NEGOTIATE THE NEW BILATERAL TEXTILES AGREEMENT TO REPLACE THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, WHICH EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 1986.
THE TALKS WERE HELD IN CANADA, AND BEGAN ON TUESDAY, (SEPREMBER 2). THEY FOLLOWED AN EARLIER EXPLORATORY ROUND HELD IN HONG KONG ON JUNE 23.
SPEAKING FROM CANADA AT THE END OF THE TALKS, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, COMMENTED THAT WHILE SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE IN VIEWS OVER THE GROWTH AND FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS WHICH SHOULD APPLY IN ANY NEW AGREEMENT.
A FURTHER ROUND OF TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG IN OCTOBER.
ELIGIBLE ELECTORS URGED TO REGISTER
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ELIGIBLE PERSONS NOT YET ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL SHOULD REGISTER NOW, YAU MA TEI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SANDY HO, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAU MA TE! COMMUNITY CENTRE, MISS HO SAID SIGNING UP AS AN ELECTOR WAS THE RIGHT AND OBLIGATION OF ANY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.
THE REGISTRATION PERIOD WOULD LAST UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30.
MISS HO NOTED THAT ACTIVITIES ORGANISED THIS SUMMER WERE WELL RECEIVED AND HOPED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENTS HAD LEARNED TO CARE MORE ABOUT THE IR COMMUNITY.
MORE THAN 130 ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED BY 19 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS DURING THE SEVEN-WEEK PROGRAMME.
AFTER THE CLOSING CEREMONY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WERE TREATED TO A NIGHT OF DANCING.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR LO YUK-TING, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MR CHIU YU-HÉI AND MR MAK WAI-YING.
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