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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1984

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TALKS ON EA CALL BY EEC START SOON

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HONG KONG AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WILL HOLD CONSULTATIONS ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 14) IN BRUSSELS ON THE RECENT EXPORT AUTHORISATION (EA) CALL ON CATEGORY 86 IN RESPECT OF EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM,

THE EXPORT PRODUCTS AFFECTED BY THE CALL ARE: CORSETS, CORSET-BELTS, SUSPENDER-BELTS, BRACES, SUSPENDERS, GARTERS AND THE LIKE (INCLUDING SUCH ARTICLES OF KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRIC), OTHER THAN BRASSIERES, WHETHER OR NOT ELASTIC.

THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY MR DEREK JONES, MINISTER FOR HONG KONG'S COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE EEC AND THE MEMBER STATES.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR JOSEPH W.P. WONG, LEFT HONG KONG LAST NIGHT FOR BRUSSELS TO JOIN MR JONES IN THE CONSULTATIONS.

NEW LOOK FOR IMMIGRATION STAFF

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THE 2 300-STRONG UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK BY MID-NOVEMBER.

+THE NEW INSIGNIAS, MADE OF SHINY METAL, WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT EMBROIDERED STRIPES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN USE SINCE THE DEPARTMENT WAS SET UP IN 1961, + A CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR NG SUE-PING, SAID.

MR NG BELIEVED THAT WITH THE NEW FEATURES, THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICERS WOULD PROJECT A MORE PROMINENT IMAGE AS A DISCIPLINED SERVICE.

THE RANK INSIGNIAS ARE ALSO REMOVABLE SO THAT A PROMOTED OFFICER CAN JUST HAVE HIS INSIGNIA REPLACED WITHOUT CHANGING THE WHOLE EPAULETTE.

HE STRESSED THAT

ECONOMY WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR THE CHANGE. THE NEW METAL INSIGNIAS ARE MORE DURABLE THAN THE PRESENT TYPE.

THOUGHTS ARE ALSO BEING GIVEN TO THE WEARING OF UNIFORM BY SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE SERVICE.

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