SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991
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RETIRING HE OFFICIAL TO JOIN GATT WELCOMES
* * *
SAID
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DESIGNATE), MR T.H. CHAU,
VERY WELCOMES
MUCH THE GOVERNMENT THE (SATURDAY) TODAY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL APPOINTMENT OF MR KEITH BROADBRIDGE AS AN OF THE GATT.
THIS APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL GATT, MR ARTHUR DUNKEL, IN GENEVA YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).
IS
PRESENT AT
OF THE
AND
HONG KONG'S PERMANENT MR BROADBRIDGE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GATT AND THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC TRADE OFFICE IN GENEVA.
HE WILL RETIRE FROM THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE GATT SECRETARIAT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
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AND JOIN THE
POST
REFLECTS GREAT AS HONG KONG'S HONOUR FOR HONG
"THE APPOINTMENT OF MR BROADBRIDGE TO AN IMPORTANT SENIOR IN THE TOP STRUCTURE OF THE GATT SECRETARIAT NOT ONLY
STANDING CREDIT ON MR BROADBRIDGE'S PERFORMANCE AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GATT BUT IS ALSO AN KONG.
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BEEN
*THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A GIVEN ORGANISATION,
AT
SUCH
A
JOB A
MR CHAU SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT A MR BROADBRIDGE'S SUCCESSOR AS HONG KONG'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE THE GATT,
HIGH
HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANT
IN AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
HAS
LATER STAGE ON
TO
OFFICIALS LEFT FOR ANTI-DUMPING TALKS IN WASHINGTON
TODAY
A TEAM OF TRADE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS LEFT FOR WASHINGTON
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON (SATURDAY) FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS WITH
ORDER AGAINST HONG KONG'S ANTI-DUMPING THE EXPORTS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE SWEATERS TO THE U.S.
MATTERS RELATING TO
GOVERNMENT VARIOUS FACETS WE WISH ΤΟ SEEK DIRECTOR-GENERAL DEPUTY
**WE INTEND TO DISCUSS WITH THE U.S.
IN PARTICULAR, OF THIS ANTI-DUMPING CASE. IN
US, CONCERN CLARIFICATION ON AREAS OF OF TRADE AND LEADER OF THE HONG KONG TEAM, MR ROBERT FOOTMAN, SAID.
TO
WERE BEING
HELD
UNDER
THE
CONSULTATIONS HE ADDED THAT THE
RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE ANTI-DUMPING CODE OF THE GATT.
"THE
DEPARTMENT TRADE
ALWAYS
TAKEN THIS
WE NEED TO DO TO WHAT
CASE VERY A CLARIFY NEXT, MR
"
HAS
AND SERIOUSLY. IT IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED,
DECIDING BEFORE NUMBER OF IMPORTANT POINTS FOOTMAN SAID.
THE CONSULTATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON MAY
23
TO 24.
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