FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988
"WE WANT TO SEE SYSTEMATIC SURVEILLANCE OF TRADE POLICY. REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THESE.
I AM
"THERE SHOULD ALSO BE SOME PROGRESS ON TARIFF REDUCTIONS WOULD BE WELCOME.'
"
HONG EVERYONE KNEW
KONG WAS
WHICH
MR MACLEOD SAID
INTERESTED LIBERALISING TRADE IN TEXTILES, BUT THIS WAS NOT ITS ONLY INTEREST.
IN
1990, WE ALSO WANT TO "BY THE END OF THE ROUND IN
9EE A TRADE IN SERVICES, AND STRONGER LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON
HE SAID. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS,
++
EXPANDING
SERVICE
SECTOR.
OUR "THESE ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF
THE NEED "WE WILL ALSO BE STRESSING
ΤΟ HARMONISE RULES OF ORIGIN AND IMPROVE ANTI DUMPING RULES AND PROCEDURES.
JAMES TIEN TO CHAIR PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL
CHAIRMAN
OF
MR JAMES TIEN IS TO BE APPOINTED PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM
YEAR.
IN MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY (FRIDAY), THE AND INDUSTRY, R HAMISH MACLEOD, EXTENDED APPRECIATION TO THE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, MR GRAHAM CHENG.
TRADE
THE HONG KONG JANUARY 1 NEXT
SECRETARY FOR HIS SINCERE
A
MR CHENG HAS SERVED ON THE COUNCIL IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES FOR TOTAL OF 12 YEARS, FIRST AS A MEMBER IN 1977, THEN AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, AND AS CHAIRMAN SINCE 1986.
MR MACLEOD SAID THAT UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF MR CHENG, THE
RANGE AND COUNCIL HAD SUBSTANTIALLY EXPANDED THE
MAGNITUDE OF ITS
A ACTIVITIES AND HAD DEVELOPED INTO
LEADING
PROVIDING VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
ORGANISATION
HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY.
OF MR TIEN, THE AND UPGRADING
OF