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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1980

1980 EEC GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES

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THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) DETAILS OF THE 1980 EEC GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID, +THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 1980 EEC GENERAL ISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES IN THAT TARIFF PREFERENCES ARE NOW GRANTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG WHICH WERE HITHERTO EXCLUDED. THIS APART, THE PRODUCT COVERAGE AND ORIGIN CRITERIA OF THE 1980 ARRANGEMENTS REMAIN LARGELY THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE 1979 SCHEME.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, FORM A, MAY NOW BE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT TO COVER GOODS ENTERING INTO THE EEC ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1980.

COPIES OF THE CERTIFICATE OF PREFERENCE CIRCULAR NO 1/80 DATED JANUARY 17, 1980 ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE 1980 EEC SCHEME ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE RECEPTIONIST COUNTER OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, G/F, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

SECOND CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE TO OPEN SOON

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THE SECOND CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPLORE THE WORLD OF WORK WILL SOON BE SET UP BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE CENTRE, SITUATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY, IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR HU FA-KONG ON FEBRUARY 1. IT IS AIMED AT CATERING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

THOSE LIVING IN KOWLOON ARE CATERED FOR BY THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE MA TAU KOK ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

SINCE ITS OPENING IN SEPTEMBER 1978, THE FIRST CENTRE HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY USED BY YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING CAREERS INFORMATION.

IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, IT ATTRACTED MORE THAN 9 000 VISITORS.

AS THE KOWLOON OFFICE, THE NEW CENTRE WILL PROVIDE CAREERS INFORMATION FREE OF CHARGE NOT ONLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE BUT TO PARENTS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHERS.

IT WILL BE COMPLETE WITH A VARIETY OF CAREERS FACILITIES AND VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO BROWSE THROUGH BOOKS ON CAREERS, VIEW SLIDES OF THE IR CHOICE AND LISTEN TO TAPE-RECORDINGS OF TALKS BY SPECIALISTS.

/THE CENTRE