FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1989
LOK MA CHAU CROSSING TO OPEN ON DECEMBER 29
THE NEW BORDER CROSSING AT LOK MA CHAU WILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC DECEMBER 29, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
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INITIALLY, THE LOK MA CHAU CROSSING WILL BE OPENED FOR USE GOODS VEHICLES ONLY. THE OPENING HOURS WILL BE FROM 9 AM ΤΟ 5 PM DAILY.
GOODS VEHICLE OPERATORS ARE INVITED TO OBTAIN A CLOSED ROAD PERMIT FOR THIS CROSSING. EXISTING PERMITS FOR MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK CROSSINGS ARE NOT VALID FOR LOK MA CHAU.
OPERATORS MAY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS FROM MONDAY DECEMBER 11) TO THE CROSS BORDER PERMIT OFFICE OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, KCR HOUSE, SHA TIN STATION.
THE OPERATORS SHOULD APPLY FOR THE CLOSED ROAD PERMITS WELL IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN USE THE LOK MA CHAU CONTROL POINT UPON ITS OPENING.
THE PERMITS ARE VALID FOR A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 3-733111.
URUGUAY ROUND OFFERS TIMELY EXAMINATION OF GATT
TARIFFS AND BE DONE ΤΟ MR MICHAEL SZE,
THE URUGUAY ROUND MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS OFFERS A TIMELY EXAMINATION OF THE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT CAN REVITALISE THE GATT, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT A TRADE SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS, MR SZE NOTED THAT SOME CRITICS HAD SAID THE GATT WAS DEAD.
"TO ME IT IS DEFINITELY ALIVE THOUGH NOT ALL THAT WELL,
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MR SZE SAID THE GATT MIGHT HAVE ENTERED A MID-LIFE CRISIS AND THE URUGUAY ROUND THEREFORE OFFERED A TIMELY EXAMINATION OF IT.
HE SAID THE URUGUAY ROUND WAS THE EIGHTH ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE GATT IN 1947, BUT THE CURRENT ROUND WAS THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST AMBITIOUS OF ALL.
THERE WERE
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