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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1991
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HK'S PARTICIPATION IN APEC WELCOMED
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AND THE SEOUL MINISTERIAL
WITH OTHER ISSUES, THE SECRETARY
HONG KONG IS NOW A MEMBER OF APEC, MEETING HAS GIVEN US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS MEMBERS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
MEETING MINISTERIAL THIRD
OF THE ASIA AT THE CLOSE OF THE
SEOUL, MR CHAU SAID: PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) TODAY IN
OCCASIONS AT "THESE EXCHANGES TOOK PLACE ON BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL VERY HIGH LEVELS.
WELCOMED BY HONG KONG WAS WARMLY
MINISTERS PRESENT
THAT HONG KONG'S MEETING. IN THEIR JOINT STATEMENT, THEY REAFFIRMED
GREATER ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN PARTICIPATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION.
AT
THE
MR CHAU "APEC III HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT,"
MEMBERS SAID. "NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT SAW THE PARTICIPATION OF THREE NEW
AND CHINA OF HONG KONG,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE TWO IMPORTANT
DECLARATIONS WERE MADE.
TAIWAN,
"THE
FIRST DECLARATION
SETS
OUT
PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES OF APEC. FUTURE. IT ALSO REAFFIRMS APEC'S COMMITMENT TO TRADING SYSTEM.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THE IT OUTLINES ITS PLANS FOR THE AN OPEN MULTILATERAL
"THE
SECOND
DECLARATION ADDRESSES
THE
URUGUAY
ROUND.
IT ISSUE THE
RECOGNISES THE URUGUAY ROUND AS THE MOST CRITICAL ECONOMIC WORLD IS FACING RIGHT NOW.
"IN
то
PLEDGED
AND
ΤΟ MINISTERS
INSTRUCT THE DECLARATION,
ΤΟ NEGOTIATORS
GENEVA,
A FINALISE COMPREHENSIVE AND SUBSTANTIAL PACKAGE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR."
RETURN
THEIR BALANCED,
MR CHAU ADDED THAT HONG KONG
WOULD PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN
APEC'S WORK PROGRAMME.
THE CURRENT
COVERING EXCHANGE OF
REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY
MARINE RESOURCE CONSERVATION,
TRANSPORTATION AND TOURISM.
PROGRAMME APEC WORK
CONSISTS TRADE AND INVESTMENT DATA,
HUMAN TRANSFER,
OF 10 PROJECTS TRADE PROMOTION, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
FISHERIES,
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