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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1990
DISCRETION TO WAIVE THE
FINANCIAL CAPACITY LIMIT ΤΟ BE GIVEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL, BUT CIVIL CASES:
THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL LIMIT AND CONTRIBUTIONS SCALES REVIEWED REGULARLY, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS, REGARD TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MOVEMENTS IN THE ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE RATES;
LEGAL AID TO BE AVAILABLE TO DEFEND A COUNTERCLAIM DEFAMATION.
NOT IN
TO BE HAVING
PUBLIC
ALLEGING
ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING TERMINATED
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) IT HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES HAD ANNOUNCED TERMINATION OF THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING AGAINST RE-EXPORTS OF SILICON METAL OF CHINESE ORIGIN FROM HONG KONG INTO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC).
THE
DUTY
SINCE THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT
THE IMPORTS RECORDED IN COMMUNITY STATISTICS AS ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG IN FACT ORIGINATED
A SPECIFIC ANTI-DUMPING IN CHINA, THE COMMISSION DECIDED THAT SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED ON THE PRODUCT FROM HONG KONG AND THE PROCEEDING AGAINST HONG KONG SHOULD BE TERMINATED.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR STUART HARBINSON, SAID THAT AS SOON AS THE PROCEEDING AGAINST HONG KONG WAS INITIATED IN то THE FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, THE TRADE DEPARTMENT MADE REPRESENTATIONS COMMISSION REQUESTING THAT HONG KONG BE EXCLUDED FROM
PROCEEDING BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION WAS MERELY TRANS-SHIPPED TERRITORY.
THE
THROUGH THE
"WE WELCOME THE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE HONG KONG AND SIMILAR CASE HOPE THAT THE SAME PRINCIPLE WILL BE APPLIED TO ANOTHER CONCERNING THE RE-EXPORT OF TUNGSTEN ORE AND
FROM HONG KONG INTO THE EEC, MR HARBINSON SAID.
"
CONCENTRATES
"THERE ARE STILL FIVE EEC ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
ANNOUNCEMENT HONG KONG AWAITING THE
OF INVESTIGATION RESULTS. THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED ARE TUNGSTEN ORE, PHOTO ALBUMS, AUDIO SCREEN COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS AND DENIM CLOTH.
"WE SHALL CONTINUE TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS VERY HARBINSON SAID.
TAPES,
SMALL
CLOSELY," MR
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