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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990
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HK TO SET UP COMMITTEE FOR PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION
A HONG KONG COMMITTEE FOR PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION WILL BE SET UP SHORTLY WITH A VIEW TO JOINING THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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SET HE SAID THE PECC WAS A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION 1980 COMPRISING 15 MEMBER COMMITTEES FROM AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, CANADA,
NEW ZEALAND, THE CHINA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KOREA, MALAYSIA, ISLAND NATIONS, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN (STYLED AS TAIPEI), THAILAND AND THE USA.
PACIFIC CHINESE
"ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP CLOSER CO-OPERATION IN TRADE ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES IN THE PACIFIC REGION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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PARTICIPATION IN PECC IS BASED ON THE "TRIPARTITE" FORMULA: BUSINESS LEADERS EACH DELEGATION CONSISTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND ACADEMICS, ALL ATTENDING IN THEIR PRIVATE CAPACITIES.
MEMBERS
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FROM THE HE SAID.
"THE HONG
WILL COMPRISE KONG COMMITTEE BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC SECTORS AND FROM WITHIN GOVERNMENT,
"WE ARE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP THE COMMITTEE AND ITS MEMBERSHIP HAS YET TO BE FINALISED.
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OF THE PECC MEETING OF THE
HONG KONG HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
SEVENTH GENERAL AND ATTENDED AS AN OBSERVER AT THE ORGANISATION IN AUCKLAND LAST NOVEMBER.
AND PECC'S WORK IS CONDUCTED BY TASK FORCES CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES.
PACIFIC ECONOMIC
TASK FORCES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO DEAL WITH SUBJECTS SUCH AS
AND TRADE POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TOURISM.
GENERAL MEETINGS OF PECC ARE HELD EVERY 12 TO MEMBER COMMITTEES TAKING TURNS TO BE HOST.
19 MONTHS WITH
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