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Wednesday, January 9, 1974

Mr. Jordan said that there was usually a six months' lapse

before final figures could be obtained, and the latest month for which

they were available was July, 1973.

These showed that the difference between published trade figures

for that month and the final figures was only about one and a half per

cent.

TRANSPORT GREEN PAPER TO GO TO EXCO SHORTLY

The draft Green Paper on transport will be published for public

comment as soon as Executive Council approval has been obtained.

Speaking in the Legislative Council today, the Secretary for the

Environment, the Hon. J.J. Robson, explained that the Green Paper was discussed

only yesterday (Tuesday) by the Trnasport Advisory Committee and their views

were now awaited.

"As most of the material in the Green Paper is based on matters

previously discussed and agreed by members of the TAC, I am hopeful that they

were able to agree the basic principles involved," he said.

"The next step," he added, "will be to amend the draft as necessary

and then put it to Executive Council for approval to publish,"

Mr. Robson was replying to a question by the Hon. James Wu who

wanted to know whether the government would fix deadline dates for the

publication and adoption of the Green Paper.

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