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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
(3)
OF
SHOULD THAT THERE
BE NO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER GOVERNMENT APPROVED CERTIFICATION ORGANISATIONS (GACO'S) FOR THE TIME BEING.
COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, MR HARBINSON
HAVE CONCLUDED
REASONABLE SHAPE.
OUR THAT
EXISTING
SAID: "ESSENTIALLY
WE
CERTIFICATION
IS SYSTEM
IN
or
HOWEVER HONG KONG'S GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION AND OUR PATTERN TRADE MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN AS HIGH A STANDARD OF CERTIFICATION AS POSSIBLE.
WOULD
MR HARBINSON STRESSED THAT THE SECOND CONCLUSION REACHED
THE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR
FUTURE OF THE CERTIFICATION
SYSTEM.
THE
HE NOTED THAT ENHANCING THE ROLE OF CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY STRENGTHEN THE SUPERVISORY ROLE, WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CODE ENSURE GREATER UNIFORMITY IN STANDARDS OF CERTIFICATION.
CERTIFICATION GOVERNMENT'S
OF PRACTICE WOULD
INTEGRITY THE
OF CHALLENGES AHEAD," HE
"THIS WILL HELP US TO CONTINUE TO GUARANTEE OUR CERTIFICATION SYSTEM IN THE LIGHT OF THE SAID.
BY THE
FROM
THE
THE CERTIFICATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED DIRECTOR OF TRADE'S REPRESENTATIVE AND HAS OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
AND DEPARTMENT, THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, THE INDUSTRY GACO'S.
MR HARBINSON ADDED THAT THE DECISION NOT ΤΟ INCREASE THE
A VIEW NUMBER OF GACO'S WAS BASED ON
THAT OVER-DELEGATION OF
THE BE HELPFUL GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY IN CERTIFICATION MATTERS WOULD NOT FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CERTIFICATION SYSTEM.
"THE MORE GACO'S THERE ARE, THE HARDER IT WILL BE TO AND UPGRADE THE SYSTEM.
SUPERVISE
SEEMS
"BESIDES, THE REVIEW SHOWED THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE HAPPY WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING GACO'S. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GACO'S," HE SAID.
ΤΟ WELCOME
BODIES
WILL "1 APPRECIATE THIS DECISION
NOT BE WHICH HOPED TO BECOME GACO'S," MR HARBINSON CONTINUED.
THE
"LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT PASSING JUDGEMENT ON CAPABILITIES AND SUITABILITY OF THESE BODIES. IT IS SIMPLY THAT WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO EXPAND THE GACO SYSTEM.'
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REVIEW PROCESS AN EXAMINATION OF THE OF A DETAILED
THE REPORT MARKED THE CULMINATION OF A LENGTHY BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT WHICH INVOLVED BOTH OPERATIONS OF THE EXISTING GACO'S AND THE PUBLICATION CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT.
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