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SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1977.

SEMINAR ON WORLD TEXTILE TRADE

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A FIVE-DAY SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES OPENS IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (MONDAY), WITH OFFICIALS FROM 12 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ATTEND İNG.

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THE SEMINAR, ENTITLED INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCES TO THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT+, IS SPONSORED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT.

THOSE ATTENDING ARE MAINLY COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AS WELL AS COUNTRIES IN THE REGION WHICH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH BUT ARE MEMBERS OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA).

THESE ARE BANGLADESH, GHANA, HONG KONG, INDIA, JAMAICA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, THE PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA AND THAILAND.

THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR IS TO GIVE PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY OF EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA AND THE TEXTILE TRADE IN GENERAL.

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OTHERS ATTENDING ARE OFFICIALS OF THE GATT, UNCTAD AND

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THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. MR. DAVID JORDAN, WILL OPEN THE SEMINAR AT 3.30 P.M. IN THE ORIENTAL ROOM OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION CENTRE.

THERE WILL BE THREE SPEAKERS FROM HONG KONG. THEY ARE MR. LAWRENCE MILLS AND MR. JOHN CHAN, OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND MR. JACK TANG, A MANUFACTURER AND A MEMBER OF THE TEXTILES

ADVISORY BOARD.

OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE OFFICIALS FROM UNCTAD, MR. S.A. ABBAS, AND GATT, MR. M. SALIB.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE ORIENTAL ROOM ON THE 13T FLOOR OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION CENTRE.

IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE COULD ARRIVE SOME MINUTES BEFORE THE OPENING WHICH IS AT 3.15 P.. TOMORROW (MONDAY). T.V. AND RADIO CREWS ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE 20 MINUTES OR SO EARLIER SO THAT THEY CAN SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT WELL BEFORE THE START OF THE CEREMONY.

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY'S PRO, MR. GERRY XAVIER, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.