WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990
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NO ACTION TAKEN TO LIFT SANCTIONS
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TO DATE THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION TO LIFT THE EXISTING SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA AND THE SITUATION WILL BE JACOBS, KEPT UNDER REVIEW, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PETER H.Y. WONG, SIR PIERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD INTRODUCED CERTAIN ECONOMIC SANCTION AGAINST THE COUNTRY IN 1986.
"THESE INCLUDE A STATUTORY BAN ON THE IMPORT OF GOLD COINS AND IRON AND STEEL FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AND A
NEW VOLUNTARY BAN ON INVESTMENT AND BANK LOANS AND PROMOTION OF TOURISM ΤΟ THE COUNTRY, HE SAID.
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REFERRING TO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HONG KONG WAS BEING USED AS AN AREA TO CIRCUMVENT INTERNATIONAL TRADING SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, SIR PIERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF THEM.
"IT HAS BEEN ALLEGED THAT A HONG KONG COMPANY HAS IMPORTED COAL FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AND RE-EXPORTED IT TO OTHER
AND COUNTRIES, THAT ANOTHER HONG KONG COMPANY HAS BEEN SHIPPING OIL TO SOUTH AFRICA,' HE SAID.
PIERS ON THE FIRST ALLEGATION, SIR
SAID HONG KONG HAD NOT IMPOSED ANY BAN ON THE IMPORT OF COAL FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
"FURTHERMORE, ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE STATISTICS, THERE HAS
SOUTH BEEN NO RE-EXPORT OF COAL OF
AFRICAN ORIGIN FROM HONG KONG SINCE 1986," HE SAID.
SIR PIERS SAID AS HONG KONG HAD NO OIL PRODUCTION,
NO DOMESTIC EXPORT TRADE IN OIL.
AFRICA,
THERE WAS
"WE ARE ALSO NOT AWARE OF ANY RE-EXPORTS OF OIL ΤΟ SOUTH
HE SAID.
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