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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988
AUSTRALIA DECLINED QUITE CONTRARY, I ASSURE
"INDEED, LAST YEAR OUR CLOTHING EXPORTS TO IN VALUE TERMS FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING YOU, TO TRENDS IN OUR OTHER MARKETS,
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HE SAID.
OF TRADE, WHICH IS SAID HE DID WONDER AND CLOTHING MIGHT BEING PROPOSED
LOOKING AT THE OVERALL BILATERAL BALANCE NOW HEAVILY IN AUSTRALIA'S FAVOUR, MR JACOBS WHETHER THE AUSTRALIAN IMPORT REGIME ON TEXTILES NOT BE RELAXED RATHER MORE QUICKLY THAN WAS CURRENTLY BY THE AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES.
"WE UNDERSTAND THAT TARIFF QUOTAS WILL NOT BE PHASED OUT UNTIL 1995, BUT EVEN THEN, COMPARATIVELY HIGH GENERAL TARIFFS RANGING FROM 40 PER CENT TO 55 PER CENT WOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY.
MAY
IN
"BUT IN THIS CONNECTION, I NOTE WITH APPRECIATION THAT IN THIS YEAR, YOUR GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A TARIFF REDUCTION PROGRAMME WHICH TARIFF RATES FOR A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS WILL BE REDUCED TO 15 PER CENT OR 10 PER CENT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
"WE IN HONG KONG WELCOME THIS INITIATIVE, AND HOPE THAT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER EXTENDING THIS PROGRAMME ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL PRODUCTS," HE SAID.
MR JACOBS SAID THE ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN KONG WERE INCREASING EACH YEAR.
WE WELCOME AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS AND INVESTMENTS FROM AUSTRALIA. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MORE OF OUR EXPORTS, HE SAID,
AUSTRALIA AND HONG
WE ALSO WELCOME SEE AUSTRALIA TAKE
"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE 15 SCOPE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THESE TIES; FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE AREA OF EXPANDING HONG KONG'S INTERMEDIARY ROLE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD,
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HE SAID.
COREICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO BE FORMED
WILL BE
OF
THE EXISTING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (CDC) RESTRUCTURED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD EDUCATION AND APPROVED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.
A CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH SIX CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS RE-STRUCTURING IS ΤΟ MAKE THE CDC MORE RESPONSIVE TO PRESENT AND FUTURE EDUCATIONAL, NEEDS. THE NEW COUNCIL WILL ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM KINDERGARTEN ΤΟ SIXTH
FORM.
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