SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1990

HONG KONG HAS COMMUNITY SPIRITS; DOUGLAS HURD

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR A DOUGLAS HURD, TODAY (SUNDAY) DESCRIBED THE COMMUNITY CHEST WALK AS VERY HAPPY AND PLEASANT OCCASION FOR THE TERRITORY AND SHOWS THAT HONG KONG IS FULL OF COMMUNITY SPIRITS.

ΤΟ SPEAKING

REPORTERS AFTER JOINTLY OFFICIATING

WITH

THE

HONG

HONG

THE

GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AT THE OPENING OF THE WALK IN KONG STADIUM, MR HURD SAID THAT THE OCCASION WAS A HAPPY DAY FOR KONG.

FORGOTTEN.

AND

"I THINK THIS IS PART OF HONG KONG WHICH IS SOMETIMES

NOT IT'S

JUST A MATTER OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS PROSPERITY, IT'S A MATTER OF A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK AND COMMUNITY SPIRITS, AND THAT IS WORTH NOTICING TODAY," HE SAID.

CHINA, THEM,

ASKED IF RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA WERE IMPROVING, MR HURD SAID: "RELATIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS EASY BETWEEN BRITAIN AND BUT

HAVE TO WE

CONTINUE A DISCUSSION, A

WITH DIALOUGE PARTICULARLY ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION.

"THERE WILL BE A WHOLE SERIES OF CONTINUING CONTACTS WITH CHINA BECAUSE THAT IS NECESSARY, HE ADDED.

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WILSON,

HE

SPEARING ALSO

DAVID TO THE PRESS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR SAID HE HAD GIVEN THE FOREIGN SECRETARY A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAD BEEN DOING DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO PEKING.

"DURING

THE

ALL YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN HONG KONG. IT'S NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION OF RELATIONS WITH CHINA, BUT I WANT HIM TO BE FULLY BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AS WELL, SO THAT HE IS UP-TO-DATE AND FULLY IN THE PICTURE," DAVID SAID.

SIR

REMINDER ON USING ACCURATE WEIGHING, MEASURING EQUIPMENT

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AND

EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY то ENSURE THAT THEY

USE

(SUNDAY)

ACCURATE

REMINDED

WEIGHING

OR

THE CUSTOMS PRODUCE RETAILERS MEASURING EQUIPMENT WHEN SUPPLYING GOODS BY WEIGHT OR MEASURE.

TAKEN MEASURES ORDINANCE THE PRINCIPAL TRADE STANDARDS

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"IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MORE PROSECUTION ACTIONS WILL BE THIS YEAR AGAINST OFFENDERS UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 LAST YEAR, CONTROLS OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRADING BUREAU, MR LI HUNG-YUE, SAID.

INVESTIGATION

IMPLEMENTATION OF RECEIVED A RETAILERS OF

FOLLOWING MR LI SAID THAT IN THE 12 MONTHS

THE DEPARTMENT HAD THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, TOTAL OF 94 COMPLAINTS, OF WHICH 64 WERE LODGED AGAINST VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS.

/"AS REGARDS

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