FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1991
APART FROM MEETING THE ANTICIPATED HIGH DEMAND FOR TELEPHONE SERVICES FROM THE NEW AIRPORT-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS ON LANTAU, THE CABLE LINK WILL PERMIT THE COMPANY TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE ITS SERVICES TO THE GRADUALLY INCREASING POPULATION ON THE ISLAND AND PENG CHAU.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREAS AFFECTED BY DESCRIBED IN SEPARATE NOTICES PUBLISHED IN THE
THE TWO PROJECTS WAS GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION (FOR THE RECLAMATION PROJECT} OR A WRITTEN OBJECTION (FOR THE CABLE LINK PROJECT) то THE DIRECTOR OP BUILDINGS AND LANDS ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31 NEXT YEAR AND DECEMBER 31 THIS YEAR RESPECTIVELY.
AT
THE NOTICES TOGETHER WITH THEIR RELATED PLANS CAN BE SEEN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG (WHERE COPIES CAN BE PURCHASED ON ORDER), AND AT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUB-OFFICES.
GREATER TEXTILE EXPORT QUOTA FLEXIBILITIES NEXT YEAR
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USE
GARMENTS DIRECTOR-GENERAL
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THE EUROPEAN
OF
TRADE,
MR
HONG KONG EXPORTERS WILL HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITIES IN THE OF QUOTA FOR EXPORT OF TEXTILES AND COMMUNITY NEXT ALAN LAI SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
YEAR,
THE DEPUTY
THE RATE
INTER-REGIONAL
THE THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FORMAL NOTIFICATION FROM EUR EUROPEAN COMMISSION THAT
FOR
TRANSFER OF OF EIGHT QUOTA FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE CURRENT RATE PER CENT TO 40 PER CENT.
TEXTILES
MR LAI EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE HONG KONG/EEC AGREEMENT, THE RESTRAINT LIMITS IN RESPECT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES PRODUCTS FOR HONG KONG'S EXPORT ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SHARES FOR OF THE COMMUNITY'S REGIONS.
INTER-REGIONAL
OF
EACH
TRANSFER OF
QUOTA IS ALLOWED UNDER THE THIS YEAR, AGREEMENT.
REGIONAL QUOTA IN
BE A CATEGORY MAY
PER CENT OF THE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE REGION TO ANOTHER UP TO EIGHT
LIMIT RESTRAINT
OF THE TRANSFER-IN REGION. THE COMMISSION'S PER CENT LATEST PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THE TRANSFER RATE FROM EIGHT TO 40 PER CENT.
"THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL DOES NOT ENLARGE HONG TEXTILES AGREEMENT BUT ACCESS RIGHT UNDER THE AK/EEC HONG KONG EXPORTERS WITH ADDED FLEXIBILITIES.
KONG'S TOTAL WILL PROVIDE
HOPE EUROPEAN
THAT REGIONAL SINGLE
MARKET
"WE WELCOME THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL AND
WILL SHARES
DISAPPEAR IN 1993 WHEN THE PROGRAMME IS IMPLEMENTED, MR LAI ADDED.
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