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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1985

+ I THINK THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE LAND COMMISSION HAVE BEEN VERY PRACTICAL. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY CONSTRUCTIVE, AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THAT THEY GIVE QUITE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE SO QUICKLY TO THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.

+I EXPECT ALL THESE PROBLEMS TO BE SORTED OUT ON A PRACTICAL BASIS AND I THINK THAT WOULD CONTINUE, HE ADDED,

LESS SUPPORT SEEN FOR JENKINS BILL

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THE DECISION BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS THE JENKINS BILL IS BUT A FURTHER STEP IN A COMPLICATED LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THERE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE THAT IT MAY NOT PASS INTO LAW, SAID THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, TODAY (FRIDAY).

+THE RESULT OF THE VOTING WAS SIGNIFICANT, 262 VOTES FOR AND 159 VOTES AGAINST. THE NUMBER OF CONGRESSMEN VOTING FOR THE BILL IS LESS THAN THAT OF ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. AND IT ALSO FALLS SHORT OF A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL HAD STILL TO PASS THROUGH THE SENATE, WHERE IT SUFFERED A SET-BACK LAST WEEK WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO ATTACH IT TO ANOTHER BILL FAILED.

+WE ARE STILL KEEPING UP A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON TO ENSURE THAT THE CASE AGAINST THE BILL IS EFFECTIVELY PUT, SAID MR TSANG.

+THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SUPPORT HAS PEAKED AND IS BEGINNING TO DECLINE, BUT CLEARLY THE DANGER IS STILL HIGH THAT THE BILL IN SOME FORM WILL REACH THE PRESIDENT, OR THAT SOME DEAL WILL BE STRUCK.+

MR TSANG SAID THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WAS COMPLICATED AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN WHICH THE BILL'S SPONSORS COULD CHOOSE TO MOVE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BILL WILL BE AMENDED IN THE SENATE BEFORE PASSAGE. IF THIS HAPPENS THEN THERE WILL BE TWO VERSIONS THE UNAMENDED BILL AS APPROVED YESTERDAY BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE AMENDED BILL AS APPROVED BY THE SENATE.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR A CONFERENCE+ STAGE TO TAKE PLACE AT WHICH DISCUSSIONS AND COMPROMISES WOULD BE MADE TO PRODUCE ONE VERSION OF THE BILL BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT.

+THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS BILL,+ SAID MR TSANG, AND IT HAS STATED REPEATEDLY THAT IT WOULD

THERE IS BE BAD FOR AMÉRICA AND BAD FOR WORLD TRADE IN GENERAL. THEREFORE, A GOOD CHANCE THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN WILL DECIDE TO VETO THE MEASURE.+

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