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VAITURA I 10, 1701
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JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVES
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A JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (SUNDAY) TO EXAMINE TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
THE MISSION COMPRISING SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF FIVE COMPANIES IN TOKYO, WILL BEGIN THE THREE-DAY FACT-FINDING PROGRAMME TOMORROW (MONDAY). MISSION MEMBERS WILL STUDY THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG WITH A VIEW TO TAKE PART IN INVESTMENT NEGOTIATION AND POSSIBLE JOINT VENTURES.
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THE FIVE COMPANIES ARE ENGAGED IN THE FOODSTUFFS, INDUSTRIAL STATIONERY AND COMPUTER FIELDS.
THE PROGRAMME, ARRANGED BY THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, BEGINS WITH A VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE MISSION WILL BE WELCOMED AND BRIEFED ON THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG BY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (HEAD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION) MR KEN YEUNG. THE GROUP WILL THEN PROCEED TO TAI PO WHERE IT WILL BE BRIEFED BY MR P.K. WONG, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THE VISITORS WILL EACH FOLLOW A PROGRAMME OF FACTORY VISITS AND MEETINGS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ISTS.
THIS IS THE FOURTH JAPANESE MISSION ORGANISED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HONG KONG/JAPAN AND JAPAN/HONG KONG BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES. THE FIRST MISSION VISITED HONG KONG
IN DECEMBER 1979, FOLLOWED BY FURTHER MISSIONS IN APRIL AND NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
TEXTILE TALKS WITH GREECE TO RESUME SOON
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THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE ISSUE OF EXPORT LICENCES COVERING SHIPMENTS TO GREECE OF COTTON, MAN-MADE FIBRE AND WOOL TEXTILE PRODUCTS WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, MR PETER TSAO EXPLAINED THAT THIS MEASURE WAS TAKEN BECAUSE HONG KONG AND THE EEC HAD AGREED TO RESUME CONSULTATIONS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF CONCLUDING A BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S EXPORTS OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS TO GREECE.
THESE TALKS WERE SUSPENDED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN THE TWO SIDES WERE UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT. MR TSAO SAID THE RESUMED CONSULTATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE SHORTLY,
THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS TO BE IN A POSITION TO ISSUE A FURTHER STATEMENT BY THE END OF THE WEEK REGARDING THE RESUMPTION OF
ISSUING EXPORT LICENCES TO GREECE.
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