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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1987
THERE WERE
SUBSTANTIAL
CHANGES
ΤΟ
THE
AS A
RESULT, CLASSIFICATION AND QUOTA LEVELS OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
UNDER OF
HOWEVER, ONE MAJOR PROBLEM REMAINED IN RESPECT OF SUITS: THE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, SUITS INCLUDE COMBINATIONS
BUT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT GARMENTS MADE UP
COMPRISE UNDER THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM, SUITS MUST MADE UP OF IDENTICAL FABRIC.
CO-ORDINATED FABRICS; COMPONENT GARMENTS
THE REMAINING
WHICH WILL
то APPLY "THE QUOTA ADJUSTMENTS,
1988-91) RESOLVE THE PERIOD OF THE AGREEMENT (THAT IS,
PROBLEM OF PROPORTION OF QUOTA CO-ORDINATE SUITS BY EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRING A
THE COMPONENT FROM THE SUIT CATEGORIES TO
GARMENT CATEGORIES, MR
WONG SAID.
ti
THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS
BRUSSELS.
IN
THE MAJOR APART FROM THE THREE SUIT CATEGORIES, 16, 29 AND 74,
INCLUDE COMPONENT GARMENT CATEGORIES AFFECTED BY THE QUOTA ADJUSTMENT
5 (PULLOVERS), 21 CATEGORIES
6A (BLOUSONS),
(TROUSERS) AND 21
(SKIRTS).
"EXPORTERS WHO USED SUIT QUOTA IN 1987
THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE SUITS TO COMPONENT GARMENT CATEGORIES IN THE SAID.
TO OFFERED QUOTA
FOR ALLOCATION
EXPORT CO-ORDINATE IN THE RELEVANT
1988."
WONG
MR
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE MAKING TRADE SHORTLY ON THE DETAILS OF THE CHANGE IN THE QUOTA ALLOCATION PROCEDURES.
AN
ANNOUNCEMENT CLASSIFICATION
TO
THE AND ON
NO-SMOKING AREAS WILL PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
THE HEALTH OF
NO-SMOKING AREAS WILL. HELP TO PROTECT NON-SMOKING PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL SMOKING AND HEALTH, MR JOB YOUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
ON
HE STRESSED THAT NON-SMOKERS WERE IN THE MAJORITY IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH FEWER THAN ONE IN FIVE ADULTS REING CIGARETTE SMOKERS.
SPEAKING AT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ANTI-SMOKING DAY HELD AT SHOWED THE OF MAN ESTATE CONCOURSE, MR YOUNG SAID SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT PASSIVE SMOKING WAS HARMFUL TO HEALTH.
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"AS WITH ALL PUBLIC HEALTH DANGERS GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PASSIVE SMOKERS, HE SAID.
H
/"A WIFE