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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989
THE NEW NORMAL RATE FOR DISABILITY INSTEAD OF THE EXISTING $560. THE HIGHER RATE $1,240 FROM $1,120.
ALLOWANCE WILL BE $620 WILL BE INCREASED TO
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE REVISION WOULD BE $279.3
ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE MILLION.
AROSE FROM THE
GATT REMAINS VITAL TO WORLD TRADE
THE FUTURE OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS THE PROSPECT OF A MORE UNIFIED EUROPEAN MARKET IN 1992
AND TRADE AND IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG
ARE OF PRIME INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
BUSINESSMEN, THE
MR MACLEOD WAS ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON OF THE HONG KONG EXPORTERS' ASSOCIATION AT A LOCAL HOTEL.
HE REJECTED CLAIMS THAT "GATT IS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE GATT DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE".
DEAD" + SAYING, "MOST OF
DURING
ALTHOUGH THE URUGUAY ROUND APPEARED DIFFICULTIES
TALKS IN MONTREAL IN CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON A WIDE
SAID.
סיר
HAVE DECEMBER, RANGE OF
RUN INTO IN FACT, TOPICS, HE
NEGOTIATIONS ON
TEXTILES, BEEN FOR
"MORE COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN SAFEGUARDS AND, DEBATABLY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, HAD IT NOT THE BREAKDOWN OVER AGRICULTURE."
THE POSITION THAT NO PROGRESS COULD UNLESS PROGRESS WAS MADE IN ALL, ONE PUT PARTICULARLY STRONGLY BY
BE MADE IN ANY SUBJECT EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE PAST, HAD BEEN SHOWN TO
THE MR MACLEOD SAID.
BE WRONG,
HE CAUTIONED THAT THERE WERE SHADOWS OVER THE MULTILATERAL INCLUDING EUROPE IN 1992, THE UNITED STATES/CANADA AND OTHER MOVES TOWARDS REGIONAL ECONOMIC
TRADING SYSTEM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
GROUPINGS.
THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF ADVOCATES OF FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE, HE SAID.
"THOSE OUTSIDE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
WORSE OFF THAN THOSE INSIDE.
ALTERNATIVE MODELS
OR CUSTOMS UNIONS ARE
"THE DANGER