WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989
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CHANGING TRADE PATTERN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
KONG'S
ONE OF THE BUT
TRADE WAS THE CHANGING PATTERN OF HONG FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT NOT ONLY IN RESPECT OF TRADE PROMOTION
AND DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER FIELDS SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL PLANNING, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, SAID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
INFRASTRUCTURAL IN THE
BARROW, MR JACOBS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MARTIN
NOT HAVE ANY MORE TRADE DID SAID THE EXISTING LEVEL OF RE-EXPORT SPECIFIC IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG'S BASIC TRADE POLICY.
"WE REMAIN
FIRMLY
COMMITTED
門
MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, HE SAID.
TRADE
ΤΟ FREE
TRADE
MR JACOBS SAID THAT WITH REGARD TO SUPPORTING
ROLE OF OF THE RE-EXPORT
BY EXPANDING THE INDUSTRY BRANCH, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESTED WITH THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, ALTHOUGH FROM THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH,
AND
TO
THE
THE DEVELOPMENT
THE TRADE THERE
TRADE AND
PROMOTION
WAS INPUT
"THE BRANCH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY, AND THIS INCLUDES THE RE-EXPORT TRADE," HE SAID.
OF TRADE
OF RE-EXPORTS
AND ASKED WHETHER THE
THIS DEVELOPMENT
IN HIS QUESTION, MR BARROW NOTED THAT THE VALUE EXCEEDED THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST YEAR, GOVERNMENT HAD CONSIDERED THE FORMULATING LONG TERM TRADE POLICY.
IMPLICATIONS
OF
IN
APPEAL TRIBUNAL MAY GO PUBLIC
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING AMENDING THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE
APPEAL THE SO THAT DELIBERATIONS AND
HOLD
TRIBUNAL MAY INQUIRIES
ITS THE ORDER
PUBLICATION OF IN PUBLIC IF SUCH ACTIONS ARE
WARRANTED.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS INFORMED OF THIS TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES.
(WEDNESDAY)
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN, MR
DID BARNES SAID THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE NOW
LIKEWISE NOT PUBLICLY NOT MEET IN PUBLIC AND ITS DELIBERATIONS WERE DISCLOSED AS IT WAS CONVENED TO CONSIDER APPEALS BY PRIVATE PERSONS.
SOME BUT IT RECOGNISED THAT INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.
OF ITS DECISIONS
MIGHT
BE OF
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