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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1984

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HE SAID: +FOLLOWING REFERRAL OF THIS CASE TO TSB IN MAY THIS YEAR, TSB RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH PARTIES SHOULD HOLD FRESH CONSULTATIONS LATER IN THE YEAR ON THE BASIS OF MORE RECENT INFORMATION.

+1N THE ABSENCE OF ANY AGREEMENT, THE RESTRAINT LIMIT OF 3 513 103 DOZEN IMPOSED BY THE U.S. IN FEBRUARY REMAINS IN EFFECT.

+CONSIDERATION WILL NOW BE GIVEN TO THE QUESTION OF A FURTHER REFERRAL TO THE TSB,+ HE SAID.

IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE STORY, THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

+ THE CLARIFICATION GIVEN BY U.S. CUSTOMS AS REGARDS LABELLING DOES NOT RESOLVE OR CHANGE THE PROBLEM OF SWEATER IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE HONG KONG - UNITED STATES TEXTILES AGREEMENT.

+ IT ONLY MEANS THAT FOR SWEATERS NOT COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT, I.E. NON-MFA SWEATERS, HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS CAN STILL PLACE MADE IN HONG KONG LABELS ON THOSE SWEATERS AND THE U.S. CUSTOMS WILL PERMIT SUCH SWEATERS ENTRY INTO THE U.S.

+ THE PROBLEM FOR MFA SWEATERS UNDER THE AGREEMENT CONTINUES TO EXIST AS BEFORE.+

HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS GET TRAINING

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OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. MORE THAN 670 JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG HAD BENEFITED FROM TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CHINESE-LANGUAGE PRESS INSTITUTE'S 17TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY MR TSAO SAID THAT HONG KONG'S MASS MEDIA HAD GROWN CONSIDERABLY,

+THIS GROWTH HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN ENCOURAGED BY HONG KONG'S ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND, OF COURSE ITS ROLE AS A CENTRE OF WORLD TRADE, FINANCE AND TOURISM, AND AS A CROSSROAD FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

BUT DESPITE