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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1985

THE MEETING WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 22 WITH THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 22. SUBJECT TO THE IR AGREEMENT, A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS DELEGATES MAY ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ALSO ORGANISING AN EXHIBITION SHOWING THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST 38 YEARS. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY BETWEEN MARCH 18 AND 21. IT WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM ON MARCH 19 AND 20 AND FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM ON MARCH 21.

THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, SITUATED AT THE END OF TUNG TAU WAN ROAD, IS ACCESSIBLE BY BUS ROUTES NOS. 6 AND 260 (STARTING FROM CENTRAL), 73 (FROM WAH FU ESTATE), 63 (FROM NORTH POINT) AND 14 (FROM SAI WAN HO).

SPECIAL TEXTAB MEETING ON U.S. ORIGIN RULES

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THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, HELD A SPECIAL MEETING THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE U.S. ORIGIN ISSUE.

AFTER THE MEETING, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FINAL REGULATIONS ON THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RULES WERE LIKELY TO BE PUBLISHED IN WASHINGTON TUESDAY (U.S. TIME), AND THAT SO FAR AS KNITWEAR WAS CONCERNED THEY DIFFERED ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM THE INTERIM REGULATIONS WHICH HONG KONG AND MANY OTHERS HAD BEEN PROTESTING AGAINST.

+MEMBERS OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD ARE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED OVER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION, MR MACLEOD SAID.

HE ADDED: +ON THE ADVICE OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE U.S. FROM MARCH 12

THE U.S. DECISION, TO 14 IN WASHINGTON SHOULD PROCEED AS PLANNED.

IF CONFIRMED. CALLS FOR AN EARLY AND FORMAL EXPRESSION OF DISSATISFACTION BY HONG KONG HONG KONG IS ALSO ENTITLED TO A RESPONSE FROM THE U.S. TO THE TEXTILES SURVELLIANCE BODY RECOMMENDATIONS AND HONG KONG'S TWO PROPOSALS MADE AT THE PREVIOUS CONSULTATIONS. MOREOVER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ASPECTS TO RAISE, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR CLARIFICATION OF PRECISELY WHAT THE FINAL REGULATIONS MEAN. +

MR KENNETH FANG, A MEMBER OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, WHO IS IN NEW YORK, WILL JOIN THE HONG KONG DELEGATION AS

INDUSTRIAL ADVISER.

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