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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988
HONG KONG TO JOIN OECD SEMINAR
AND
IN AN INFORMAL SEMINAR A TEAM FROM HONG KONG WILL TAKE PART ORGANISED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION DEVELOPMENT (OECD) IN PARIS, BETWEEN JANUARY 24 AND 25.
THAT NEWLY
MACLEOD, SAID THE OECD INDUSTRIALISING
HAD
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH
THIS WAS
TIME THE FIRST TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT
SOME OF THE ESTABLISHED
WITH A DIALOGUE ECONOMIES (NIE'S) OF ASIA.
MR
THE HONG KONG GROUP WILL CONSIST OF the
CHIEF MICHAEL CARTLAND; TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
MR CORPORATION, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
EXPORTERS
MR LTD, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WING TAI
BANKING
BCONOMIST OF VINCENT CHENG;
CHRISTOPHER
DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE AND CHENG
SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND
THAILAND
ALL WILL ATTEND IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY,
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT KOREA, WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR.
THE OECD WAS
IS A FORUM FOR A
ESTABLISHED IN 1961 AND IT DISCUSSION WHERE GOVERNMENTS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH
FOR VIEW TO IDENTIFYING ACTION
DEVELOPMENT. ECONOMIC THERE ARE 24 MEMBER COUNTRIES.
AT
PRESENT
BROAD AND THE BE CONSIDERED SHOULD BE POLICY, INTERNATIONAL
THE SCOPE OF DISCUSSION AT THE SEMINAR WILL BE OECD HAS PROPOSED THAT AMONG THE TOPICS TO THE WORLD ECONOMY, FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.
THE AIM IS TO
AWARENESS IMPROVE
AND
UNDERSTANDING OF TEH
POSITIONS OF THOSE PARTICIPATING AND TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS ON FURTHER CONTACTS MIGHT BE USEFUL.
WHICH
SURVEY SHOWS DECLINE IN SMOKING HABIT
KONG
TO DECLINE SINCE
RESULTS OF THE LATEST SURVEY ON SMOKING PATTERNS OF HONG PEOPLE SHOWED THAT THE SMOKING HABIT HAS CONTINUED THE FIRST SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 1982.
THE PERCENTAGE OF SMOKERS AMONG THE POPULATION TO 16.8 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 17.4 PER CENT IN 1986 CENT IN 1982.
A GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
KONG
ON
HAS GONE DOWN AND 23.3 PER
(FRIDAY) THE FINDINGS SMOKING AND INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF DISCOURAGING
SMOKING COUNCIL
AND HEALTH THE EFFORTS OF THE HONG PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RESULTS.
WERE
/"NEVERTHELESS, THE