WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1990
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JENKINS BILL
MR CHAU SAID THE PRESENT BILL WAS SIMILAR TO IEB (1985) AND THE TEXTILES BILL (1987), BOTH VETOED BY MR REAGAN.
HIS PRESIDENTIAL
"PRESIDENT BUSH OPPOSED THE 1987 BILL. DURING CAMPAIGN. HE CAN BE EXPECTED TO VETO THIS ONE IF IT REACHES HIS DESK, HE SAID.
HAD INDICATED IN NO
INDEED, HE ADDED, THE US ADMINISTRATION UNCERTAIN TERMS ITS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
THE SORINI,
"AMBASSADOR
STATES RON
UNITED
CHIEF TEXTILE THE BILL NEGOTIATOR, HAD STRESSED IN THE SENATE HEARING EARLIER THAT
WOULD VIOLATE US' WAS UNNECESSARY, UNJUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS,
AND BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL OBLIGATIONS AND UNDERMINE THE TEXTILES CLOTHING NEGOTIATIONS IN THE URUGUAY ROUND.
"THE BILL HAS APPARENTLY BEEN INTRODUCED
ΤΟ PUT PRESSURE ON AGAINST MAKING
THE US NEGOTIATORS IN THE URUGUAY ROUND OF GATT TALKS CONCESSIONS ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL.
DEVELOPMENTS
"DESPITE THE VOTE IN THE SENATE, 68 TO 32, RECENT SUGGEST THAT INTEREST IN AND SUPPORT FOR THE BILL IS WANING. RECENTLY, LEADING US APPAREL MANUFACTURERS HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH RETAILERS TO VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE BILL," MR CHAU SAID.
THE APPAREL
THE
TRADE DEPARTMENT
THROUGH ITS WASHINGTON OFFICE.
IS CLOSELY
MONITORING
DIRECT MAILING OF VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS
DEVELOPMENTS
HONG KONG WATER YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
HALF OF THE ABOUT TWO MILLION HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT
FORMS WILL BE RECEIVING VOTER REGISTRATION
ALONG WITH BILLS BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER THIS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THEIR
FORMS IS PART OF
"THIS DIRECT MAILING OF VOTER REGISTRATION THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL EFFORTS TO MAKE SUCH FORMS AS READILY AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE TO PROSPECTIVE ELECTORS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
RECEIVE THE
THE REMAINING ONE MILLION HOUSEHOLDS WOULD REGISTRATION FORMS ALONG WITH THEIR WATER BILLS AFTER SEPTEMBER.
VOTER
FOR MAKING THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FORM SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE:
A PROSPECTIVE ELECTOR WHO AN INITIAL APPLICATION BY
HAD NOT YET OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY A REGISTERED, OR FOR REPORTING A CHANGE REGISTERED VOTER.
AND
NOT REQUIRED "A REGISTERED ELECTOR IS
ΤΟ FILL IN A FRESH
ADDRESS. REGISTRATION FORM UNLESS HE HAS CHANGED HIS RESIDENTIAL IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE ELECTORAL ROLL UPDATED AS TO MORE NAMES ADDED TO IT," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AVAILABLE AT ALL
HAVE
DISTRICT
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION FORMS ARE OFFICES, POST OFFICES AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, HE ADDED.
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