FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
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THE MACHINE BEADABLE FEATURES WILL FURTHER
EXPEDITE CLEARANCE
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AT THE IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS OVERSEAS WHERE PASSPORT READERS ARE OPERATION.
"ONLY THE PASSPORT FORMAT WILL CHANGE, THE HOLDER'S RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.
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THE PRESENT HARD-COVER 94-PAGE TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
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JUMBO" PASSPORTS WILL CONTINUE
THIS PASSPORT WILL BE REPLACED IN DUE COURSE BY A "JUMBO" VERSION OF THE COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT WHICH WILL HAVE 48 PAGES.
THE PLAN IS THAT ITONG KONG WILL ISSUE THE 'JUMBO" COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT AFTER 11' TS INTRODUCED IN THE UK,
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
HK TO HOST SESSION OF TEXTILES, CLOTHING BUREAU
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HONG KONG WILL HOST THE 12TH COUNCIL SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB) NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL TAKE STOCK OF THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.
DELEGATES WILL ALSO AIM AT FORMULATING A DETAILED THE MODALITY FOR INTEGRATING THE TEXTILES AND CLOTHING THE GENERAL AGREEMENT - ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) EXPIRES IN JULY 1991.
PROPOSAL ON SECTOR INTO WHEN THE
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THE ITCB, WHOSE MEMBERS ACCOUNT FOR THE BULK OF TEXTILES CLOTHING EXPORTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WAS. SET UP IN 1985 ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE AND PROMOTE ACTIVITIES LEADING ΤΟ THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTIONISM DIRECTED AGAINST MEMBERS' EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, AND TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN ENSURING THAT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE NFA ARE EFFECTIVELY PRESERVED.
IT IS ITCD'S VIEW THAT ANY MEANS OF INTEGRATING THE TEXTILES AND CLOTHING SECTOR INTO THE GATT MUST PROVIDE CERTAINTY AND PREDICTABILITY, AND CAUSE MINIMUM DISRUPTION TO TRADE.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, WILL OPEN THE MEETING AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE ON TUESDAY (MAY 22).
/THE MEETING