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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1985
GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING LEGISLATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL, HE ADDED.
TAKING PART IN THIS AFTERNOON'S DISCUSSION ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE MASS MEDIA ON YOUTH WERE DR MARGARET NG, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF MING PAO DAILY NEWS: MR CHU PUI-HING, HEAD OF CHINESE PROGRAMME SERVICE, RADIO DIVISION, RTHK AND MRS MAISIE WONG, A MEMBER OF THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED IN TODAY'S CONFERENCE WERE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AND FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG. THE TWO SPEAKERS WERE MR PAUL LEE, PRINCIPAL LECTURER IN SOCIAL WORK, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND PROFESSOR RANCE LEE, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
'PROTECTIONISM - A SELF-INFLICTED HANDICAP'
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PROTECTIONISM NEARLY ALWAYS HURTS THOSE PRACTISING IT IN THE LONG TERM, THOUGH IT MAY BE OCCASIONALLY JUSTIFIED IN THE SHORT TERM, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY.
+PROTECTION OF ONE'S INDUSTRIES MAY WELL BE JUSTIFIED IF THEY ARE BEING SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY SUBSIDIZED OR DUMPED GOODS.
+IT CAN ALSO BE ARGUED THAT FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO INDUSTRIES PRODUCING FOR EXPORT, AND A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY, PROTECTION MAY BE A REASONABLE ANSWER, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM, HE SAID.
ADDRESSING THE KOWLOON CLUB TODAY (TUESDAY), HE SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THIS LEGITIMATE POINT WAS BEING BLURRED IN CURRENT DEBATE INTO A MUCH WIDER CLAIM,
+ IN EFFECT, THE U.S. TEXTILES INDUSTRY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ARGUING THAT IT HAS A RIGHT TO PRESERVE ITS EXISTING SCALE OF
ASSETS
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FOREVER.
OR IN SOME FORMULATIONS ITS SHARE OF THE MARKET
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