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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1994
"SECONDLY, HONG KONG HAS DIFFICULTY IN PRINCIPLE WITH REQUESTS FROM OUR TRADING PARTNERS FOR OUR CERTIFICATION SYSTEM TO AMENDED TO FOLLOW THEIR SPECIFICATIONS.
ANY
BE
"HONG KONG ACTIVELY TRADES WITH MANY COUNTRIES AND THERE ARE AS DIFFERENT ORIGIN RULES AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; MANY SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE IN PRACTICE FOR US TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL OF THEM.
"IT
IT IS SYSTEM
WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE IN PRINCIPLE EITHER. OUR SYSTEM WOULD BE SO COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING THAT ENFORCEMENT AND CONTROL WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
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OF DURING THE MEETING, THE MEXICAN SIDE EXPLAINED THAT THE AIM THEIR NEW MEASURES WAS TO TACKLE ORIGIN FRAUDS. MR YIU POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG HAD TAKEN A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH TO COMBAT SUCH FRAUDS.
"FIRST, WE MAINTAIN A SET OF ORIGIN RULES WHICH ARE BASED ON INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES AND WHICH ARE APPLIED UNIFORMLY TO ALL MARKETS, HE SAID.
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"IN PARALLEL, WE OPERATE A TIGHT CERTIFICATION SYSTEM UNDER WHICH WE CO-ORDINATE ALL CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES AND ENSURE THAT THE SAME
ORIGIN PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES OF ARE
APPROVED ADOPTED BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIVE GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATION ORGANISATIONS.
"ALL THE CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN ISSUED BY THESE BODIES 18 GOVERNED BY LAW. TO BACK UP THE SYSTEM, VIGOROUS CONTROL IS ENFORCED THROUGH CHECKS AND INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE."
MR YIU CONTINUED: "THEN WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, WE GIVE EVERY CO-OPERATION WE CAN TO OUR TRADING PARTNERS IN JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT CONTROL PROBLEMS SUCH AS ORIGIN OR CERTIFICATION FRAUDS .
"80 FAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE ΤΟ OUR TRADING PARTNERS THAT THIS APPROACH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE, AND HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE TO BEST CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AGAINST ORIGIN FRAUDS BY MAINTAINING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND INTEGRITY OF ITS CERTIFICATION SYSTEM.
ELEVEN-MORE HIV-INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED
TEN MEN AND AN INFANT WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (JUNE), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG
ΤΟ
461.
TWO NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 107 WITH 68 DEATHS
REPORTED.
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