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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 190

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NO NOMINATION RECEIVED

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NO NOMINATION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH WAS RECEIVED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SINCE THE OPENING OF NOMINATIONS AND UP TO YESTERDAY (AUGUST 6), A TOTAL OF NINE NOMINATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED.

PRESS BRIEFING

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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, WILL GIVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON DEVELOPMENTS IN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RULES AT 3 PM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM, 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, KOWLOON.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

MORE DETAILS SOUGHT ON U.S. CUSTOMS PROPOSAL

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THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS HAS PROPOSED THAT THE NEW COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REGULATIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL TEXTILE AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS FOR DUTY PURPOSES.

AT PRESENT THESE REGULATIONS APPLY TO SUCH PRODUCTS AS ARE COVERED BY THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT.

ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS CONCERNED, IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THIS WAS ONLY A PROPOSAL.

+WE ARE NOW CONSULTING WITH THE TRADE, SEEKING FURTHER DETAILS AND ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS, HE SAID.

WHILE THE MOVE MAY BE IN LINE WITH THE NEW ORIGIN REGULATIONS, MR TSANG POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS IN CONFLICT WITH UNIFORM AND ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AND TARIFF PRACTICES.

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