WEDNESDAY, MARCTE 16,
1994
13
OWNERS AND BUILDING
OCCUPANTS FOR PROPER, PREVENTIVE, MAINTENANCE; AND
PREFERABLY
THE COMMUNITY AND PROBLEMS.
AT LARGE FOR VIGILANCE
IN
REPORTING
DANGERS
"TODAY, WE IN
THE
BUILDINGS
TOGETHER
MORE
DEPARTMENT WORK
WITH RUILDING INDUSTRY 10 MAINTAIN PROFESSIONALS AND CONTRACTORS IN THE BUILDING SAFETY, TO MAKE FOR
FUNCTIONALLY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS WORKING AND TO ESTABLISH FOR OUR COMMUNITY A MORE PLEASANT LIVING AND ENVIRONMENT.
"WE ARE ALSO STEADILY ENHANCING PUBLIC AWARENESS
AS SANITATION, FOR BUILDING SAFETY AND BENEFIT AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF BETTER MAINTAINED SAID.
OF THE NEED WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTIES. MRS YU
SHE
THIS SAID
HOPE HAD BEEN, AND WOULD REMAIN, DEPARTMENT'S OBJECTIVE FOR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.
HER
PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON MAGNETIC DISCS
THE
3.5-INCH
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 11 IMPOSITION OF PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF MAGNETIC DISCS ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG.
INDIVIDUAL DUTY RATES RANGING FROM 6.7 PER CENT TO CENT ARE ASSIGNED TO FOUR COMPANIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATIONS.
THE ALL OTHERS RATE OR "RESIDUAL RATE" WHICH APPLIES OTHER COMPANIES AND NEW ENTRANTS IS SET AT 35.7 PER CENT.
ARE VERY
COMMISSION'S DISAPPOINTED BY THE IMPOSE PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON 3.5-INCH ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG," ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF MARIA KWAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"WE
22.2 PER
IN
THE
TO ALL
DECISION
TO
MAGNETIC DISCS TRADE, MS
"MORE SO GIVEN THAT WE FEEL THAT THE CASE HAS BEEN INITIATED ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE.
"WE
WILL BE LOOKING CAREFULLY AT THE METHODOLOGY USED
SHE SAID. WHETHER THERE HAVE BEEN ABUSES,
ΤΟ SEE
+7
KONG'S "THE RESIDUAL RATE LOOKS PROHIBITIVELY HIGH GIVEN HONG
IT IS SAID TO BE COMPLETELY OPEN MARKET AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. BASED ON THE HIGHEST DUMPING MARGIN ALLEGED BY THE COMPLAINANTS.
"WE
ARE HONG
SURPRISED KONG DATA
TO FIND THAT
WAS WHICH
THE SETTING
CHOSB TO OF COURSE UNVERIFIED RESIDUAL
THE COMMISSION
DISREGARD
VERIFIED IN THE INVESTIGATION BUT INSTEAD ACCEPT ARBITRARILY ADJUSTED AND THIRD COUNTRY DATA FROM THE COMPLAINANTS IN
1+
RATE, MS KWAN ADDED.
/THE TRADE