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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979

SEMINAR ON ALIGNED DOCUMENTS

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WHEN THE TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE HELD A SEMINAR

LAST MONTH ON THE USE OF ALIGNED DOCUMENTS THEY HAD DESIGNED, SOME 700 PEOPLE ATTENDED - BUT ABOUT 200 PEOPLE WERE UNABLE TO GAIN ADMISSION WHEN HOUSE FULL+ SIGNS WENT UP.

OPENING THE SECOND SEMINAR AT THE HILTON HOTEL TODAY

(WEDNESDAY) MR. WILLIAM DORWARD, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, SAID THAT THE ATTENDANCE SHOWED THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HELD THE TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE IN THE SAME REGARD AS DID THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

+ IT IS GOOD TO SEE THIS REPUTATION GROW AFTER YEARS OF

QUIET, UNSPECTACULAR BUT CONSISTENTLY VALUABLE WORK, NOT MERELY IN THE FIELD OF ALIGNED DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION TODAY, BUT ALSO IN RESPECT OF BANKING, INSURANCE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS,+ HE SAID.

+FOR OUR PART IN GOVERNMENT, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE INDUCEMENT AND ASSISTANCE THE COMMITTEE HAS GIVEN IN STREAMLINING OUR PROCEDURES IN RESPECT OF EXPORT LICENCES- AND MANY OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND TIME SAVED BY THE ALIGNING OF CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN APPLICATIONS, EXPORT LICENCES AND TRADE DECLARATIONS WITH THE MASTER SET OF COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS.+

THE TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE HAD AN IMPORTANT TASK STILL AHEAD OF IT, AND MR. DORWARD SAID HE HOPED IT WOULD SOON BE POSSIBLE TO REINFORCE ITS ORGANISATION, WHICH HAD SO FAR LARGELY DEPENDED ON THE VOLUNTARY EFFORTS AND ENTHUSIASM OF A FEW INDIVIDUALS AND A PART-TIME SECRETARIAT PROVIDED BY HIS

DEPARTMENT.

+BUT WHATEVER THE ORGANISATION, IN THE LAST ANALYSIS THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF ITS WORK WILL DEPEND ON HOW YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD TAKE AND APPLY THE PRODUCT OF THE TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE'S WORK, SAID MR. DORWARD.

NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SAI KUNG

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A NEW $8 MILLION SECONDARY SCHOOL, FINANCED BY GOVERNMENT AID AND PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP, IS TO OPEN IN SAI KUNG IN SEPTEMBER TO KEEP PACE WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT.

THE SCHOOL THE SAI KUNG HANG HAU DISTRICT CHENG CHIK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL - WILL INITIALLY CATER FOR 240 STUDENTS BUT WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR 1,400 SCHOOL CHILDREN WHEN IT IS IN FULL OPERATION IN THE EARLY 80'S.

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