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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1986
HK-CANADA TEXTILE TALKS START MONDAY
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THE THIRD ROUND OF BILATERAL TALKS WITH CANADA ON HONG KONG'S POST-1986 ARRANSEMENTS FOR EXPORT OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL TO CANADA WILL START ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 20) IN HONG KONG.
THE TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 15TH FLOOR OF OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 10 AM.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD.
THE CURRENT HONG KONG-CANADA BILATERAL TEXTILES AGREEMENT WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1986.
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CANADA IS HONG KONG'S FIFTH LARGEST EXPORT MARKET FOR TEXTILES AND GARMENT. IN 1985, EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL TO CANADA AMOUNTED TO $2 115.4 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL TEXTILES AND GARMENT EXPORTS TO THE WORLD.
BOUNDARIES OF OUTLINE ZONING PLANS AMENDED
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THE BOUNDARIES OF OUTLINE ZONING PLANS FOR TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG HAVE BEEN AMENDED IN LINE WITH THE AMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES OF THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT BOARDS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID AN EXTENSIVE AREA INCLUDING SHEK WAI KOK, CHEUNG PEI SHAN, SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG AND LEI MUK SHUE HAD BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE PLANNING SCHEME AREA OF KWAI CHUNG AND INCLUDED IN THAT OF TSUEN WAN.
THE AMENDED KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN, HOWEVER, COVERS A PERMANENT CHINESE CEMETERY, GIN DRINKER'S BAY INDUSTRIAL AREA, A SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND A CARGO HANDLING AREA OFF TSUEN WAN ROAD WHICH HAVE BEEN EXCISED FROM THE TSUEN WAN PLANNING SCHEME AREA.
APART FROM BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, SERVERAL AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TSUEN WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN.
ONE IS ZONING OF CHUNG HANG NULLAH BETWEEN CASTLE PEAK AND YEUNG UK ROADS AS A ROAD+. THE NULLAH IS BEING DECKED TO FORM A ROAD WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME AN ESSENTAIL LINK WITH TSUEN WAN BYPASS AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AREA'S ROAD NETWORK.
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