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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1980

DORWARD HOLDS TALKS WITH EEC TEAM

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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR WILLIAM DORWARD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR PETER TSAO TODAY (MONDAY) HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH AN EEC THREE-MEN TEAM LED BY MR HORST KRENZLER, HEAD OF THE DIVISION OF THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

+WE HAD A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON TEXTILE MATTERS INCLUDING THE FUTURE OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) AND THE OUTCOME OF THE USA-HK CONSULTATIONS CONCLUDED LAST WEEK IN WASHINGTON,✦ SAID MR DORWARD.

+ THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE HAD DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EEC OFFICIALS ON MEASURES TO PREVENT QUOTA EVASION THROUGH TRANS-SHIPMENT BY THIRD COUNTRIES. A NUMBER OF MEASURES WERE AGREED TO STRENGTHEN PRESENT CONTROL, HE SAID.

THE TWO SIDES ALSO DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING EXPORTS OF CATEGORY 79 (WOVEN SWIM-WEAR) TO THE BENELUX. THE DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

NEW BOOKLET ON TSUEN WAN

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A REVISED VERSION OF A BOOKLET ON TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

THE 52-PAGE FULL-COLOUR BOOKLET IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG, AT $11 EACH.

THE PUBLICATION, AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE ONE PUBLISHED IN 1976, CONTAINS MANY NEW PHOTOGRAPHS (INCLUDING AERIAL PICTURES), TABLES, DIAGRAMS, AND MAPS. THE COVER SHOWS A NIGHT VIEW OF TSUEN WAN FROM THE FAST DEVELOPING TSING YI ISLAND,

COMMENTING ON THE BOOKLET, MR JOHN DON, DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT SAID THAT IT PORTRAYED VIVIDLY THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE AT TSING YI, KWAL CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN.

+MANY OF THESE WORKS ARE IN FULL SWING IN THE NEW AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT. NEW HOUSING ESTATES, COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, ARE FAST COMING UP.+

+THERE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN 600 000 PEOPLE IN THE NEW TOWN MORE THAN HALF OF ITS ULTIMATE POPULATION OF 990 000, MR DON SAID. →THE NEW BOOKLET WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE VISUAL GUIDE TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS AS WELL AS TO VISITORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO SEE PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE AT A PACE UNRIVALLED ELSEWHERE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.+

+THE BOOKLET IS ALSO INTENDED TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVERSEAS TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT INTEREST IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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