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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994
TRADE IN PRISON LABOUR GOODS NOT PROHIBITED
MR
TH CHÂU,
WHICH
OBLIGATION
FOR TRADE COUNCIL TODAY
THERE IS NO HONG KONG LAW OR INTERNATIONAL WOULD PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OR EXPORT OF GOODS PROCESSED OR MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE BY PRISON LABOUR, THE SECRETARY
INDUSTRY, AND
(WEDNESDAY).
TOLD THE
LEGISLATIVE
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM,
RE-EXPORT EXPORT, CHAU SAID HONG KONG'S GENERAL POLICY ON THE
OF IMPORT OF GOODS WAS, PROVIDED THAT THERE WAS NO INFRINGEMENT
GOODS COULD LOCAL LAW OR ANY OF OUR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, TRADED FREELY.
MR
AND ANY
BE
"THE
LABOUR
KONG HONG
OF
TRADE
IN
ON
WHETHER
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT KEEP TRACK
PRISON
IS THEREFORE NO INFORMATION GOODS. THERE SUCH PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE LOCAL MARKET.
THE
"SINCE TRADE ÎN SUCH GOODS IS NOT PROHIBITED IN HONG KONG,
INTO INVESTIGATIONS
SUCH HAS GOVERNMENT
NOT CONDUCTED ANY SPECIAL
FLOW OF SUCH TRADE AND DOES NOT MAINTAIN ANY MEASURES TO STOP THE
MR CHAU SAID. PRODUCTS INTO HONG KONG FOR SALE OR RE-EXPORT,
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THERE IS
A GENERAL POLICY OF
KEEPING
HONG
KONG'S
HOWEVER, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS INFORMED OF THE TRADE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS OF ITS TRADING PARTNERS.
** IN RESPECT OF PRISON LABOUR
HAS GOODS, THE GOVERNMENT
UNDERSTANDS THAT REPEATEDLY INFORMED OUR TRADING COMMUNITY THAT IT
IT IS U.S.
LAWS PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OF PRISON LABOUR GOODS AND THAT
HE ADDED. CHINA'S POLICY TO PROHIBIT THE EXPORT OF SUCH GOODS,
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OXYGEN SUPPLIES REASONABLY PRICED
OXYGEN SUPPLIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT REASONABLE REPRESENT GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY BY CAREFUL PRODUCT EVALUATION, USE OF FAIR AND OPEN TENDER ING PROCEDURES NEGOTIATIONS.
PRICES THAT SOURCING AND AND SKILFUL
THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR DONALD TSANG, EXPRESSED THIS CONFIDENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA'S QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR TSANG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE PRICES OF OXYGEN IN NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIES.
"IN ANY EVENT, PRICE COMPARISONS ARE NOT MEANINGFUL WITHOUT DUE REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AND LOCAL CONDITIONS, HE SAID.
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THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY SPENT $15.3 MILLION IN 1992/93 AND $18.6 MILLION IN 1993/94 TO BUY OXYGEN.
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