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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1984

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MP'S TOUR TUEN MUN

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TWO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, SIR ANTHONY KERSHAW AND SIR PAUL BRYAN, WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) SHOWN VARIOUS ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

ACCOMPANIED BY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, THE TWO MP'S WERE TAKEN TO THE ROOF OF 01 HEI HOUSE IN YAU OF ESTATE WHERE THEY HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN.

LATER THEY VISITED TUEN CHI WAI AND SAN HUI VILLAGE RESITE AREA WHERE THEY MET WITH THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY ALSO VISITED A FISHERMAN'S HOME AND TOURED THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IN BUTTERFLY ESTATE.

HK STILL FIGHTING U.S. TEXTILE RULE *****

HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE THE UNITED STATES' AUGUST 3 IMPORT REGULATIONS RESCINDED, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD SAID TODAY.

COMMENT ING ON THE MEETING OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD HELD ON THURSDAY, HE SAID: +WE DISCUSSED LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE LIKELY SCENARIO ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO.

+NATURALLY I CANNOT GO INTO ANY DETAIL ON OUR STRATEGY, BUT THERE ARE SOME POINTS WHICH CAN BE MADE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS NO WEAKENING IN OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS BOTH IN PUBLIC AND IN PRIVATE, TO HAVE THESE REGULATIONS WITHDRAWN.

+OUR INDUSTRY IS PUT INTO A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION BY THE REQUIREMENT FOR UNNECESSARILY DETAILED - AND COMMERCIALLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND SOME SECTORS ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES IN ORIGIN RULES; THE FIGURES RELEASED RECENTLY BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF KNITWEAR ASSOCIATIONS ILLUSTRATE THIS DRAMATICALLY, HE SAID.

MR MACLEOD ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE UNWISE TO RESUME BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS TOO SOON. IT WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP IN MIND THE LIKELY PACE OF EVENTS IN THE U.S.

ALTHOUGH OFFICIAL CONF IRMATION WAS STILL AWAITED, INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE PERIOD FOR COMMENTS ON THE REGULATIONS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE END OF OCTOBER. JUDGEMENTS ON THE COURT CASES WERE STILL AWAITED AND THERE WAS ALSO THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6. HENCE EARLY DECISIONS BY THE U.S. ON CHANGING OR WITHDRAWING THE REGULATIONS WERE UNLIKELY, HE SAID.

/+MOREOVER, WE