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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1985

RETURNS MUST REACH COUNTER NO. 3 OF THE EEC TEXTILES CONTROL BRANCH ON 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 16. LATE RETURNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EXPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS THAT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE QUOTA ALLOCATION, COMPANIES MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR TEXTILE CONTROLS PURPOSES.

EXPORTS OF RESTRAINED TEXTILES TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS AS THE REST OF THE EEC.

A NOTICE TO EXPORTERS CONTAINING DETAILS OF ALL THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS IS AVAILABLE AT THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S EEC TEXTILES CONTROL BRANCH ON 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

LDC'S STAND AT GATT MEETING BACKED

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HONG KONG SUPPORTED A STATEMENT BY DEVELOPING NATIONS AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE OF GATT WHICH EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE PROGRESS OF THE JENK INS BILL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TRADE-OFFS TAKING PLACE SHOULD IT BE VETOED.

THE DEVELOPING NATIONS SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN INTENSIVE DELIBERATIONS IN GATT RECENTLY AIMED AT LIBERALISATION OF TRADE AND THE STRENGTHENING OF THE DISCIPLINES OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM.

+THE SITUATION IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING AND, PARTICULARLY, THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S. CONGRESS ARE IN STARK CONTRAST TO THESE EFFORTS, THE STATEMENT SAID.

REFERRING TO THE PASSAGE OF THE JENKINS BILL IT SAID: +WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CONCEIVE HOW DISCUSSIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING COULD ADVANCE FURTHER UNTIL THERE IS A CLEAR REJECTION OF THIS BILL WITHOUT ANY EQUALLY DAMAGING COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVE THE SAME OBJECTIVES BY OTHER MEANS.+

HONG KONG'S DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, TOLD THE MEETING IN GENEVA THAT THE TERRITORY FULLY SUPPORTED THE STATEMENT AND SHARED THE CONCERN IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE DANGER THAT A PRICE MIGHT BE SOUGHT FOR NOT ENACTING THE BILL. SUCH A PRICE COULD HAVE JUST AS DAMAGING AN EFFECT AS THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL ITSELF.+

/THE LIC