MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1985
MR TING SAW THE NEED TO FURTHER UPGRADE THE STANDARD OF HIS DIVISION'S TRANSLATION WORK TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
HE ALSO CONSIDERED IT ESSENTIAL FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO HAVE BILINGUAL EXPERTS TO MAKE FINAL VETTING OF THE TRANSLATED WORKS.
THIS WOULD INVOLVE STRENGTHENING THE STAFFING OF BOTH THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
MR TING SAID IDEALLY, THE LAW UNIT SHOULD HAVE 30 CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS.
+WITH THIS STAFF STRENGTH, WE ARE CONFIDENT THE TASK OF TRANSLATING THE WHOLE SET OF STATUTE LAWS CAN BE COMPLETED IN SIX TO SEVEN YEARS' TIME, HE ADDED.
HK HELPS FOUND TEXTILE BODY ****
AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL BODY, WHOSE MAIN FUNCTION IS TO PRESERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN THE TEXTILE TRADE, HAS BEEN FORMED, WITH HONG KONG AS A FOUNDING MEMBER.
KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB), IT WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN GENEVA, ON JANUARY 12.
OTHER FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE CHINA, COLOMBIA, EGYPT, S. KOREA, INDIA, MACAU, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, AND PĚRU.
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WHICH ARE EXPORTERS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO JOIN THE ITCB IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE BUREAU WILL CONDUCT STUDIES ON TRADE POLICIES AS THEY AFFECT EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, AND WILL SPONSOR SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE COSTS OF
PROTECTIONISM.
IT WILL DEVELOP AN EXTENSIVE DATA BANK AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING CO INTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN THEIR TEXTILES NEGOTIATIONS AND CC ISULTATIONS.
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