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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PARKING POLICY IS CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY A WORKING GROUP WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REPORT BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY JANUARY.

THE GROUP'S WORK IS CONCERNED WITH EVERY ASPECT OF PARKING INCLUDING POLICY REGARDING THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF CAR PARKS, THE PROBLEM OF LORRY PARKING, PARKING IN NEW TOWNS, PARKING AT MTR STATIONS, AND PARKING CHARGES.

CALL FOR EXTENSION OF HK'S REPRESENTATION ABROAD

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HONG KONG MUST EXTEND ITS OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION ABROAD, AND IMPROVE THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS WORKING OVERSEAS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR INDUSTRY, MR. WILLIAM DORWARD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+ IT SEEMS TO ME EMINENTLY GOOD SENSE TO LINK UP AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ANY NEW OR EXPANDED ACTIVITIES ABROAD WITH THOSE FACILITIES WHICH, JUST BY BEING THERE, HAVE BECOME THE RECOGNISED HONG KONG PRESENCE, HE TOLD THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY CHUNG CHI EXECUTIVE CLUB A1 A LUNCHEON MEETING.

MR. DORWARD REFERRED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WORK OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S 17 OFFICES INCREASING TO 18 NEXT MONTH- OF THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION'S REPRESENTATION ON FIVE CONTINENTS AND OUTLINED THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON, BRUSSELS, GENEVA AND WASHINGTON.

THE TDC'S NETWORK, DIRECTED AT THE PROMOTION OF TWO-WAY TRADE, HAD ALSO A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR CREATING A FAVOURABLE IMAGE OF HONG KONG, AND CULTIVATING INFLUENTIAL CONTACTS AT MANY LEVELS IN A VARIETY OF ORGANISATIONS IN MANY COUNTRIES, HE SAID.

MUCH OF THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION'S ACTIVITIES WERE NOW GEARED TO ENCOURAGING BUSINESS GROUPS TO HOLD CONFERENCES AND BUSINESS MEETINGS IN HONG KONG.

+MY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STEADILY EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION ABROAD. I CONSIDER THAT THE TIME WILL SOON COME WHEN WE SHALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LOCATE MEN PERMANENTLY IN KEY COUNTRIES, TO MAINTAIN A CONTINUING DRIVE TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, RATHER THAN WORK ON THE PRESENT BASIS OF SPECIAL MISSIONS TO DIFFERENT PLACES SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR,+ SAID MR. DORWARD,

+WHEN THAT TIME COMES IT WOULD CLEARLY MAKE SENSE FOR THESE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICERS TO WORK IN CLOSE LIAISON AND PHYSICAL PROXIMITY WITH THE OVERSEAS STAFF OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. THERE IS AN INEVITABLE OVERLAP BETWEEN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION AND WE SHOULD EXPLOIT IT RATHER THAN IGNORE IT. I KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SHARES MY VIEW ON THIS,+ HE SAID.

MR. DORWARD.....