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TUESDAY, NOVE:DER 5, 1974.
HONG KONG TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TRADE SEMINAR
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EXPERTS FROM MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS WAYS OF FURTHER STREAMLINING INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTATION.
HONG KONG IS REGARDED AS A FITTING PLACE FOR THE TWO-DAY NOVEMBER 13 AND 14) MEETING DECAUSE OF 119 POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITHIN THE FAR EAST ALD DECAUSE OF THE STRIDES IT HAS ALREADY TAKEN IN SIMPLIFYING AND RATIONALISING DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES.
DELEGATES FROM MORE THAN 10 COUNTRIES AND ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, DRITATII, JAPAN, THE PHILIPPINES, FRANCE, THE ECONOMIC COMISSICI FOR EUROPE (EEC), THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CO11SSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP), THE INTERNATIONAL CHANDER OF CO.MERCE (ICC), AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COMITTEE (CHI), ARE ATTELDING THE. MEETING CALLED TIE +HONG KONG FAR EAST TRADE FACILITATION SEMINAR.+
IT IS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE, AN ADVISORY BODY FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR. IAN TOHLIN, POINTS OUT THAT THERE IS A GROWING APPRECIATION AMONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE FORUMS OF THE NEED TO STANDARDISE AND SIMPLIFY TRADE PROCEDURES ON AN INTERNATIONAL DASIS.
+THE NEED ALSO ARISES BECAUSE OF TODAY'S FASTER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION,+ HR. TULIN ADDED,
ONE OF HONG KONG'S RECENT EFFORTS IN HELPING TO CUT DOWN TIME-CONSUMING PAPER WORK IS SEEN IN THE PUBLICATION +HOW. TO USE SIMPLER TRADE DOCUMENTS.+
THE DROCHURE ADVOCATES THE ADOPTION OF THE +ONE-RUN+ SYSTEM BY EXPORTERS TO MECHANISE THEIR PAPER WORK IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE REPETITIVE TYPING AND CHECKING OF INFORMATION.
BY ADOPTING THIS SYSTEM, SOME COUNTRIES HAVE SHOWN SAVINGS OF UP TO 70 PER CENT IN THE COST OF PREPARING AND PROCESSING DOCUMENTS.
MR. TOMLIN SAYS THAT THE SEMINAR VILL PROVIDE THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND ORGANISATIONS WITH A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY. OF EXCHANGING IDEAS AND OF WORKING OUT COLION POLICIES DENEFICIAL TO ALL.
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR WILL DE A DEMONSTRATION OF DATA TRANSMISSION - DIRECT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO HONG KONG - USING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES.
THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN, WILL OPEN THE SEMINAR AND VILL SPEAK ON THE OCCASION.
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