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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1974.

CHAIRMAN OF CONSUMER COUNCIL. APPOINTED

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SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE

NEWLY ESTABLISHED CONSUMER COUNCIL.

SIR YUET-KEUNG, THE SENIOR CHINESE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER

OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN

HONG KONG AFFAIRS. HE IS PRESENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND HAS CHAIRED OR SERVED ON MANY

ADVISORY BODIES AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS.

COMMENTING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ESTABLISHMEN

OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL A GOVERNMENT SPOKESHAN SAID:

+FOLLOWING ON THE DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

AND THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON MARCH 27, THE EXECUTIVE

COUNCIL TODAY DISCUSSED WHAT ACT! SHOULD BE TAKEN ON THE

PRICES, PARTICULARLY PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS. IT DECIDED

THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE SHOULD BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT T

SITUATION CREATED BY THE HIGH PRICES

HAVING TO BE PAID FOR -

IMPURTED GUUDS WAS NOT FURTHER EXACERBATED BY SUBSEQUENT

UNREASONABLE CHARGES APPLIED WITHIN THE WHOLESALE OR RAIL

MARKETS OF HONG KONG. +

+IT ALSO DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY OF ACHIEVING THIS

WAS BY ACTION OF CONSUMERS THEMSELVES BUT WITH WHATEVLA

BACKING FROM, GOVERNMENT THEY NEEDED, AND TO THIS END TO

ESTABLISH A CONSUMERS' COUNCIL COMPOSED OF NON-OFFICIALS, +

HE ADDED.

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