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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974

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SPECIAL NECK-TIE TO MARK NEW TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT

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A SPECIAL NECK-TIE HAS BEEN HADE IN HONG KONG TO COMMEMORATE THE MULTI-LATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WHICH LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ARRANGEMENT TO COVER WORLD TRADE IN TEXTILES.

THE NEGOTIATIONS, IN WHICH HONG KONG PARTICIPATED, WERE CONVENED UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE CGATT).

THE COMMEMORATIVE NECKTIE WAS THE IDEA OF HONG KONG'S CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE AT THE NEGOTIATIONS, MR. BILL DORWARD, OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

+IT HAS BEEN PRODUCED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS,+ HE SAID.

+THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE LONG AND DIFFICULT, A BIT LIKE A MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN SOHE WAYS, SO I THOUGHT THE MAIN COMBATANTS SHOULD HAVE A CAMPAIGN RIBBON,+

THE TIE HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG FROM A DESIGN PROVIDED BY THE LEADER OF THE U.S. DELEGATION. IT FEATURES THREE STRIPES WHICH SYMBOLISE THE THREE FIBRES COVERED BY THE NEW ARRANGEMENT -- CUTTON, MAN-MADE FIBRE AND VOOL.

THE NEW ARRANGEMENT COVERING WORLD TRADE IN TEXTILES CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS. IT REPLACES THE COTTON TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT WHICH HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 11 YEARS.

NEW OFFICIALS FOR TAI PO YOUTH CENTRE

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THE LIONS' YOUTH CENTRE IN TAI PO WILL HOLD THE INSTALLAT- ION CEREMONY FOR ITS SECOND TERM OFFICE-BEARERS TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

MR. ANTHONY SAVAGE, DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OATH-TAKING CEREMONY OF THE NEW OFFICE-BEARERS, COMPRISING LOCAL RESIDENTS JF TAI PO, COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF LIONS INTER- NATIONAL AND OFFICIALS FROM THE HONG KUNG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

THE LIONS' YOUTH CENTRE, SITUATED AT ITS NEW PREMISES ON A CROWN LAND SITE AT PO HEUNG ROAD, TAI PO MARKET, IS THE FOCAL POINT OF YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

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RUN BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, THE CENTRE IS REGULARLY PATRONISED BY OVER 1,500 YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF YOUTH ACTIVITIES.

THE CENTRE MOVED INTO ITS PRESENT PREMISES IN MID-JANUARY THIS YEAR. THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING COST AMOUNTED TO OVER $330,000 OF WHICH $270,000 WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE LIONS INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 303.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY. IT WILL BE HELD AT 4 P.M. IN THE CENTRE'S ASSEMBLY HALL.

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