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TUESDAY, JANAURY 18, 1994
THE
CONSULTATION
DOCUMENT ON TOWARDS PUBLISHED IN JULY LAST YEAR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BETTER
HEALTH
WAS
AND AT
AND VARIOUS
IT WAS WIDELY DISCUSSED BY ALL THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS 100 MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH COMMUNITY GROUPS.
OVER
WHEN COLLECTION OF FEEDBACK WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF OCTOBER
494 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED.
LAST YEAR,
THESE, 294
WERE
OF
FROM INDIVIDUALS, PROFESSIONALS AND 83 FROM VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS.
FROM 45
HEALTH
THE BRANCH ALSO RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF 33 SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS, 13 SURVEYS AND SEVEN STATEMENTS FROM POLITICAL PARTIES.
IN ADDITION, THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT WAS INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
FROM THE
FAVOURABLY
ON THE GOVERNMENT'S
WORLD HEALTH
PREFERRED
EVALUATED BY AN WHO ORGANISATION
OF COMBINATION
COMMENTED APPROACHES.
LESSONS FOR
IN CARE
OTHER
THE CONSULTANT ALSO NOTED THAT THE PROCESS OF REFORM "IS HEADED
"HONG KONG OFFERS AND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION"
IMPROVE WHO ARE WORKING POLICY-MAKERS COUNTRIES"
+
THAT
TO
HEALTH
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URUGUAY PACKAGE WOULD ADAPT WELL LOCALLY
*
EXPRESSED WELL TO THE
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR TH CHAU, CONFIDENCE THAT THE LOCAL TEXTILES SECTOR WOULD ADAPT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE URUGUAY ROUND PACKAGE.
CHAU
EVENING,
MR
THE
SPEAKING AT THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE THIS (TUESDAY) SAID THE URUGUAY ROUND OFFERED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO END MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) AND BRING TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING GRADUALLY BACK TO THE MUCH MORE LIBERAL GATT RULES,
FOR A "THE URUGUAY ROUND TEXTILES AND CLOTHING TEXT PROVIDES
OF THE PHASE-OUT 10-YEAR
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
GRADUAL NEGOTIATED UNDER THE MFA,' HE SAID.
H
QUOTAS
IN
THE PHASE-OUT THE MR CHAU SAID THERE WERE TWO ELEMENTS TO
GROWTH GRADUAL REMOVAL OF QUOTA RESTRICTIONS AND PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER RATES.
THE 10-YEAR PHASE-OUT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE THREE, FOUR AND THREE YEARS RESPECTIVELY.
STAGES FOR
"AT THE START OF EACH STAGE EACH IMPORTING COUNTRY IS RETURN TO GATT RULES A RANGE OF PRODUCTS REPRESENTING A
HE SAID. PROPORTION OF ITS IMPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING,
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REQUIRED SPECIFIED
}MR CHAU