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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1982

+CONSISTENT WITH ITS FREE MARKET PHILOSOPHY, HONG KONG GIVES FULL AND ABSOLUTELY OPEN ACCESS TO ITS OWN MARKET.

INDEED, AS IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRY DIALOGUE WHICH HAS LED TO YOUR MISSION HERE THIS WEEK, HONG KONG IS PREPARED TO GO FURTHER BY ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO-WAY TRADE, WHICH REFLECTS OUR MUTUAL BELIEF THAT MOST ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ARE BETTER ADDRESSED BY INCREASING INTERNATIONAL TRADE THAN BY RESTRICTING IT, HE ADDED.

MR BREMRIDGE SAID: +WE IN HONG KONG ARE DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT TRADE IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL- AND THAT BILATERAL BALANCING, WHETHER BY SECTOR OR COUNTRY, IS NOT AN OBJECTIVE TO BE SOUGHT BY ANY DEVICE OTHER THAN THE NATURAL PLAY OF MARKET FORCES.

+THIS IS NOT A DOGMATIC POSITION, BUT RATHER ONE ARRIVED AT BY EXPERIENCE AFTER AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR OWN BEST INTERESTS.+

+! CONFIDENTLY LOOK FORWARD TO A HEALTHY HONG KONG TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN TURN THE INDUSTRY AND THOSE WHO WORK IN IT CAN LOOK TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS BEST TO DEFEND ITS INTERESTS, MR BREMRIDGE SAID.

TEACHERS TO DISCUSS TEACHING OF ETHICS

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A SEMINAR IN CANTONESE WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH TO ACQUAINT TEACHERS WITH SOME SUGGESTED APPROACHES TO MORAL EDUCATION AND THE USE OF RELATED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS.

+TEACHERS OF ETHICAL EDUCATION AND TEACHERS CONCERNED WITH ASPECTS OF MORAL EDUCATION ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 20 AT THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRES, 4 PAK FUK ROAD, FIFTH FLOOR, ROOMS 29-30, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.

HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO NOMINATE THEIR TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR SHOULD SEND IN THEIR NOMINATIONS BEFORE MARCH 3 TO THE INSPECTOR (RELIGIOUS/ETHICAL EDUCATION), ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, FIFTH FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY CONTACTING THE INSPECTOR (RELIGIOUS/ ETHICAL EDUCATION) ON 5-774001 EXT. 43.