MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1991
URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS AT CRITICAL STAGE: STI
AN
ACTIVE PART HONG KONG IS PLAYING
IN THE THE CRITICAL STAGE. NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ARE NOW AT A TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
HARD
URUGUAY ROUND SECRETARY FOR
1991, MR CHAU
UP
TO DRAW
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERSTOFF ASIA NEGOTIATORS
WORKING SAID
WERE NOW
IN GENEVA AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THE URUGUAY ROUND PACKAGE.
BE SUPPORTED BY "I DO HOPE THAT THESE REDOUBLED EFFORTS WILL
OF THE MAJOR THE NECESSARY POLITICAL WILL, ESPECIALLY ON THE PART
EARLY AND SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AND THAT THERE WILL BE AN
MUST, OF COURSE, INCLUDE AN CONCLUSION TO THE URUGUAY ROUND WHICH AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, HE SAID.
IT
MR CHAU SAID INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES AND BEEN SUBJECT TO RESTRAINT FOR THREE DECADES.
HE SAID THE RECENT EXTENSION
CLOTHING HAD
OF
THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT INTERIM MEASURE PENDING
THE
OF
WAS 1992
ONLY AN UNTIL THE END CONCLUSION OF A URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.
"80 ARE THE RECENT EXTENSIONS OF OUR BILATERAL AGREEMENTS THE EEC, USA AND CANADA, AND OTHERS.
:
WITH
EXTENSIONS, "THESE
THOUGH
NECESSARY SINCE CERTAINTY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS," HE SAID.
IS AN
IN TRANSITIONAL
ELEMENT IMPORTANT
NATURE, IN BUSINESS
ARE
THE RULES OF
MR CHAU SAID OUR GOAL WAS TO LIBERALISE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TRADE GRADUALLY AND RETURN THIS SECTOR TO THE GATT.
UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY
ΤΟ
ACHIEVE
"THE URUGUAY ROUND PROVIDES A THIS AND WE SHOULD NOT MISS IT," HE SAID.
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NEW COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES ANNOUNCED
THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON HAS ANNOUNCED THAT MAJOR GENERAL JOHN FOLEY, 52, IS TO BE THE NEXT COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG. HE TAKES OVER FROM MAJOR GENERAL PETER DUFFELL, WHO RETURNS TO THE UK ON PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL, IN MARCH.
GENERAL FOLEY WAS EDUCATED AT BRADFIELD COLLEGE AND STUDIED FRENCH AND SPANISH AT GRENOBLE AND MADRID RESPECTIVELY JOINING THE ARMY AS A NATIONAL SERVICEMAN IN 1959.
LATER BEFORE
/HE WAS