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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974.

TRADE FACILITATION TALKS

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A TEAM OF TRADE FACILITATION EXPERTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, HEADED BY MR. ARTHUR BAYLIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE DOCUMENTATION (NCITD> HELD A JOINT-MEETING TODAY CTHURSDAY) WITH. THE HONG KONG TRADE

FACILITATION COMMITTEE ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.

TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING INCLUDED AUTOMATIC DATA

PROCESSING, COMMODITY CODING SYSTEMS AND INTERNATIONAL CO-

OPERATION IN TRADE FACILITATION.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE TALKS WERE KEY MEMBERS OF NCITD,

AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MR. JAMES MCGREGOR, ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY,” ALSO ATTENDED

THE MEETING AND DELIVERED AN OPENING STATEMENT.

COMMENTING ON THE VISIT OF THE AMERICAN EXPERTS, MR. 1.R. TOMLIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TFC, SAID THAT CLOSE LIASION AND

FULL CO-OPATION AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL VERE ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING

CONTINUED PROGRESS IN TRADE FACILITATION WORK.

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HE ADDED THAT THE VISITORS HAD A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND

EXPERTISE IN THEIR FIELD AND HONG KONG HAD DERIVED GREAT BENEFIT FROM

THE TALKS.

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