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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 197

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TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES READY

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CERTIFICATES FOR THE 1975/76 SESSION, IN RESPECT OF FULL-TIME, BLOCK-RELEASE, PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE, PART-TIME EVENING AND SHORT COURSES ARE READY FOR COLLECTION AT THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE RESPECTIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OFFERING THE COURSES AS FROM JANUARY 24.

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FOR ALL THE THREE INSTITUTES, THE TIME FOR COLLECTION FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY IS 9.30 A.M. 12 NOON AND 2 P.M. TO 4 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY, 9.30 A.M. TO 11.30 A.M.

FOR MORRISON HILL AND KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, CERTIFICATES CAN ALSO BE COLLECTED BETWEEN 7.15 P.M. AND 8 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS.

STUDENTS SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THE IR IDENTITY CARDS.

FINAL LIST OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR GSP RECEIVED

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A FINAL LIST OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER THE 1977 EEC GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCE (GSP) HAS NOW BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE EEC COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THE LIST CONTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 13 ITEMS TO THE 66 ITEMS ON THE PRELIMINARY LIST WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH.

THE 13 ITEMS INCLUDE COTTON YARNS AND WOVEN FABRICS, TERRY TOWELING AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED GLOVES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS MAY NOW BE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RELEVANT FORM (FORM A) FOR THESE GOODS TO BE SHIPPED TO THE EEC UNDER ITS GSP ARRANGEMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EEC INTRODUCED ITS GSP IN 1971 THAT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WAS BEING EXTENDED TO TEXTILES ORIGINATING FROM HONG KONG.

A CIRCULAR (CERTIFICATE OF PREFERENCE CIRCULAR NO. 1/77) CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE 13 ITEMS HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE TRADE,

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