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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1992
DURING THEIR VISIT, THE DELEGATION MEMBERS HAD HELD TALKS WITH SENIOR POLICE OFFICIALS ON PLANS FOR FUTURE JOINT OPERATIONS AGAINST SMUGGLING SYNDICATES.
THE GUANGDONG
SECURITY OFFICIALS HAD ALSO VISITED VARIOUS
SMUGGLING "BLACKSPOTS" IN THE TERRITORY.
REGULAR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND ENFORCEMENT BODIES IN THE BATTLE
THE VISIT IS PART OF A INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LAW AGAINST SMUGGLERS.
THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MR EDDIE HUI KI-ON, PAID A SIMILAR VISIT TO SHENZHEN ON MARCH 11 DURING WHICH BOTH SIDES HAD HAD VERY CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON WAYS TO FURTHER ENHANCING CO-OPERATION COMBATING SMUGGLING.
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THE SETTING UP OF A HOTLINE BETWEEN ANTI-SMUGGLING OFFICERS FROM BOTH PLACES WAS ONE OF THE MANY AGREED ACTIONS DURING THE MARCH 11 VISIT.
HK TO PURSUE ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN THE ESCAP REGION
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IT WAS HONG KONG'S POLICY TO PARTICIPATE AND IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION FORUMS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF MR DONALD TSANG, TOLD PARTICIPANTS OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) IN PEKING TODAY.
"WHILE WE GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO REGIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, WE SEE SUCH CO-OPERATION AS COMPLEMENTARY, NOT A SUBSTITUTE, ΤΟ THE OPEN MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM.
"OUR PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION MUST THEREFORE BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRECEPTS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT)," HE SAID.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S ESCAP PLENARY SESSION IS "REGIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN THE ESCAP REGION",
HEADING THE HONG KONG DELEGATION AT THE SESSION IS OMELCO MEMBER MR EDWARD HO. OTHER MEMBERS ARE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS MR YIP HAK-KWONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY MISS WENDY CHEUNG SUK-TING AND MR TSANG WHO PRESENTED THE HONG KONG STATEMENT.
MR TSANG POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC LINKS WITH ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES WERE EVER GROWING, ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TRADE, INVESTMENT, FINANCES, TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
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