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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980

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TALKS BETWEEN HK AND EEC TEAM ADJOURNED

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INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AN EEC DELEGATION WERE ADJOURNED TODAY (TUESDAY).

A TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BOTH SIDES HAD A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING EXPORT OF CATEGORY 79 (WOVEN SWIMWEAR) TO THE BENELUX.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON CATEGORY 79 EXPORT TO THE BENELUX WILL BE HELD IN BRUSSELS IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

LATER IN THE MORNING LEADER OF THE EEC TEAM, MR HORST KRENZLER, HEAD OF THE DIVISION OF THE EEC'S DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS VISITED TWO FACTORIES IN KWAI CHUNG.

HE TOURED THE VACUUM PACKAGING PLANT OF TEXPORT TERMINAL (HONG KONG) LIMITED WHOSE SERVICES AT THE MOMENT ARE USED MAINLY BY EXPORTERS OF TEXTILE GOODS FROM HONG KONG TO UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA.

MR KRENZLER ALSO VISITED REGALTEX MANUFACTURE LIMITED, A GARMENT FACTORY WHICH PRODUCES RAINCOATS, JACKETS, CARCOATS, SLACKS, SKIRTS, LADY DRESSES AND SUITS FOR THE WEST GERMANY AND UNITED STATES MARKETS.

IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1979, THE TOTAL VALUE OF HONG KONG'S CLOTHING EXPORTS TO THE EEC WAS $6 870 MILLION, REPRESENTING 38 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL GARMENT EXPORTS IN THIS PERIOD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

OPENING OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE GROUND STATION

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM WILL OFFICIATE AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TÓ MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE GROUND RECEIVING STATION AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 24).

THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR GORDON BELL WILL ALSO ATTEND THE CEREMONY AND ADDRESS THE GATHERING. AMONG THE GUESTS WILL BE THE JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL, MR SUMIO EDAMURA AND THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER, MR W.T. WARDEN.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY AT 4.45 PM ON THURSDAY AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS, IN TSIM SHA TSUI, ENTRY TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CAN BE GAINED VIA AN ACCESS ROAD ADJACENT TO ST ANDREW'S CHURCH IN NATHAN ROAD.

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