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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1990
GOVT WELCOMED BUSH'S VETO OF TRADE BILL
OF THE TEXTILES, APPAREL
BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
AND
NEWS OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S VETO FOOTWEAR BILL WAS TODAY (SATURDAY) WELCOMED OF TRADE, MR T.H. CHAU.
ALREADY PASSED BY
"THE DECISION WAS NOT UNEXPECTED AS PRESIDENT BUSH HAD INDICATED HIS INTENTION TO VETO THE BILL WHEN IT WAS FIRST THE SENATE, " MR CHAU SAID.
THE ENACTMENT
OF THE BILL WOULD NOT "WE WELCOME THE VETO.
TALKS UNDER THE ONLY SERIOUSLY JEOPARDISE THE MULTILATERAL TEXTILES
STAGE, BUT THE GATT URUGUAY ROUND WHICH HAS ENTERED INTO A CRITICAL SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE ROUND AS A WHOLE," HE ADDED.
MONITORING CLOSELY
MR CHAU SAID THE TRADE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ACTION BY THE CONGRESS TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO AND EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO WOULD NOT BE OVERTURNED BY CONGRESS.
SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FINANCES MORE THAN 3,000 PROJECTS
FUND FOR
RECREATION HAD FINANCED ABOUT THE SIR DAVID TRENCH 3,000 NON-CAPITAL AND 170 CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER MRS SHELLEY LAU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
DAVID COUNCIL
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A SEMINAR ON THE SIR TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE HONG KONG OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MRS LAU SAID THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, HAD BENEFITTED FROM THESE PROJECTS.
KONG DURING THE
IN RESULTING
SOCIAL
"WITH THE RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HONG
RISEN, HAS PAST TWO DECADES, THE STANDARD OF LIVING GREATER EXPECTATIONS AND DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND ACTIVITIES," SHE SAID.
PATTERNS
OF USEFUL NEEDS
CHANGES IN THE NOTING THAT THERE HAD ALSO BEEN COMMUNITY RECREATION, MRS LAU SAID TODAY'S SEMINAR PROVIDED A OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE OF RESIDENTS AND HOW THE FUND COULD BE BETTER UTILISED TO NEEDS.
MEET THESE
BETWEEN THE "IT IS ALSO MEANT TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING
AND TO FUND,
IMPROVE GENERAL COMMITTEE AND THE RECIPIENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY IN DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS," SHE ADDED.
/ALSO ADDRESSING