THURSDAY, JUNE 29,
1989
IN IMPLEMENTING INFLUENCE OF
"BUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL THE WHITE PAPER PROGRAMMES WILL DEPEND VERY MUCH ON THE OPINION LEADERS AND DECISION MAKERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
H HE SAID.
LEADERS AND DECISION CONTRIBUTION TO ENSURING
DR REED CONCLUDED BY CALLING ON OPINION MAKERS, WHO HE SAID WERE ALREADY MAKING A TREMENDOUS OUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, TO CONTRIBUTE ALSO TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL VIABILITY OF THE TERRITORY, BOTH FUTURE.
NOW AND FOR THE
URUGUAY ROUND IMPORTANT INITIATIVE IN TRADE
HONG KONG REGARDS THE URUGUAY ROUND OF THE GATT MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AS AN IMPORTANT GLOBAL INITIATIVE ΤΟ REVITALISE THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
AS
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CHINESE EXECUTIVE CLUB, MR CHAN SAID HONG KONG SUPPORTED THE URUGUAY ROUND A MAJOR INITIATIVE TO HALT PROTECTIONIST MEASURES AND TO LIBERALISE TRADE.
**THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS HOLD THE KEY то FURTHER LIBERALISATION OF WORLD TRADE AND THE REINS TO HALT A GLOBAL DRIFT TOWARDS UNILATERALISM AND BILATERALISM,' HE SAID.
"THE PROGRESS AND THE OUTCOME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS 15 ALSO A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO BUSINESSMEN WORLDWIDE, HE ADDED.
MULTILATERAL PLURILATERAL
MR CHAN SAID THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE CRITICAL IN DECIDING WHETHER THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN OPEN AND OR FRAGMENT INTO TRADING BLOCS BASED ON BILATERAL OR FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND CUSTOMS UNIONS, A DEVELOPMENT HAVE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORLD, NOT ONLY BUT ALSO POLITICALLY.
WHICH COULD
ECONOMICALLY
THE
URUGUAY
LAUNCHING
ROUND
OF
HE SAID HONG KONG'S ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE
FOR COULD BE TRACED BACK TO THE PREPARATORY STAGE THE URUGUAY ROUND.
"SINCE THEN, OUR NEGOTIATORS IN GENEVA HAVE BEEN WORKING
DEVELOPING PARTICIPANTS,
TOGETHER WITH LIKE-MINDED DEVELOPED AND PURSUE PROPOSALS ON A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO ENSURE THAT TRADING INTERESTS WOULD NOT BE JEOPARDISED.
TO
OUR
PLAYED THE ROLE OF A BRIDGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPING
KONG "AT THE SAME TIME, HONG
GAPS BETWEEN THE
CLOSING THE COUNTRIES.
"WE SHOULD