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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1984

HE SAID THAT IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, A GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTS HAD ESTABLISHED THE PRESENT SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION IN 1982, TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN ORGANISING SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TO PROMOTE LOCAL INTEREST IN RECREATIONAL AFFAIRS.

THE ASSOCIATION SELECTED ATHLETES TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AND TAKE PART IN OPEN COMPETITIONS, THEREBY ENHANCING THE COHESION OF PEOPLE, HE SAID.

MR AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION.

+NOW THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAS GOT A PERMANENT BASE, I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EVEN BETTER SERVICE IN THE COURSE OF COMMUNITY BUILDING, HE SAID.

THE NEW PREMISES, LOCATED AT $12-13 LAI FU HOUSE OF LAI KOK ESTATE, WILL PROVIDE TRAINING CLASSES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

OTHER GUESTS AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR DICKEN YUNG.

GATT GROUP KEEPS WATCH ON U.S. RULES

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THE GATT'S TEXTILES COMMITTEE CONCLUDED ITS MEETING IN GENEVA YESTERDAY (MONDAY), AFTER ADOPTING A REPORT CONTAINING AMONG OTHER THINGS, CRITICISMS OF THE NEW AMERICAN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RULES.

THE REPORT NOTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAD REITERATED THE POSITIONS TAKEN DURING THE MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 4 AND 5 AND THE OCTOBER 2 MEETING OF THE GATT COUNCIL. THESE POSITIONS INCLUDED APPEALS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM ALL SIDES DIRECTED TO THE AMERICAN DELEGATION WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE MEASURES TAKEN AND WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THEIR SPECIFIC ASPECTS.

THE REPORT WILL NOW BE REFERRED TO WASHINGTON BY THE AMERICAN DELEGATION.

THE ORIGIN RULES ISSUE WILL CONTINUE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE.

DURING THE MEETING, HONG KONG'S DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD POINTED TO THE UNCERTAINTY ARISING FROM THE REGULATIONS WHICH WERE COMPLEX AND AMBIGUOUS. AS A RESULT OF THIS UNCERTAINTY, ORDERS HAD BEEN HELD UP OR CANCELLED.

ALTHOUGH THE