XN000022-1983-12-09 — Page 9

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1983

8

→THE BOARD WILL ALSO BE CONCERNED WITH THE DETERIORATING HAWKER SITUATION, HE SAID.

THE ORGANISATION OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WOULD REMAIN AN IMPORTANT TASK FOR THE BOARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR COMMUNITY BUILDING ROLE, HE ADDED.

+THE DISTRICT BOARD CONCERNS ITSELF WITH PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE DISTRICT, SMALL OR BIG, ROUTINE OR NON-ROUTINE, AND HAS DULY EXERTED ITS INFLUENCE IN EACH AND EVERY CASE,+ SAID MR MAK.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CONTAINER PORT ****

A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT EXPANSION PROJECT WILL BE HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 12).

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR PIERS JACOBS, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR JOHN TODD, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS, MR J.E. MEREDITH, AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEA-LAND ORIENT LIMITED, MR M.M. PORTER, WILL BE PRESENT.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

U.S. CARE LABELLING RULE

****

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES AMENDED CARE LABELLING RULE FOR TEXTILE WEARING APPAREL AND CERTAIN PIECE GOODS WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 2, 1984.

COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 60/83 ISSUED TODAY MENTIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THAT THE AMENDED CARE LABELLING RULE WILL APPLY TO PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1984, REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY AND THE U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RATHER THAN THE U.S. CUSTOMS, WILL BE THE ENFORCEMENT AGENT OF THE AMENDED RULE.

COPIES OF THE CIRCULAR MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NORTH AMERICA DIVISION OFFICE OF THE TRADE DEPARTMENT, OCEAN CENTRE, 14TH FLOOR (ADJACENT TO ROON 1443). ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO MR R.N. LAI AT TELEPHONE NO. 3-7222446.

19