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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1986

-E DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REACHED UNDERSTANDING ON THE MAIN PLEMENTS FOR NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PROCESS TAKING PLACE 11. GENEVA BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF JULY. THEY RESOLVED TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS ON A UNIFIED DASIS.

WR SHEN JUEREN. HEAD OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION AND ASSISTANT ARISTER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE. VAS ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING AND AMBASSADOR F. JARAMILLY,

SASSADOR OF COLOMBIA AND HEAD OF THE DELEGATION FROM COLOMBIA, WAS ELECTED AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING. DEVELOP NG COUNTRIES, EXPORTERS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING ACCEPTED THE INVITATION OF

GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY TO HOST THE NEXT MEETING IN STANBUL.

COMMENTING FROM PEKING AS THE MEETING OF 23 DEVELOPING TEXTILE EXPORTERS DREW TO A CLOSE, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE

R HAMISH MACLEOD DESCRIBED THE MEETING AS +A SIGNIFICANT STEF URWARD IN UNITING DEVELOPING TEXTILE EXPORTERS ON A RANGE OF SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE ISSUES DISCUSSED IN PREPARATION FOR THE

BYT, MORE INTENSIVE PHASE OF NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA+.

* VACLEOD EXPLAINED THAT THE TIME FOR GENERAL STATEMENTS ISAS NOW PAST AND THAT THE AIM OF THE MEETING HAD PRIMARILY REEN TO ARRIVE AT A CONVERGENCE OF VIEWS ON ABOUT A DOZEN OF THE

EY ISSUES WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE RESOLVED IN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE BETTER AND FAIRER REGIME FOR THE TEXTILES TRADE. THESE ISSUES INCLUDEN BETTER GROWTH AND FLEXIBILITY, EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE REMOVAL OF AMBIGUITIES AND BETTER TREATMENT FOR SMALL SUPPLIERS AND NEW ENTRANTS.

MORE SERVICE CENTRES PLANNED FOR NT ELDERLY *****

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO GET UP MORE MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO COPE WITH DEMAND, MR ALFRED CHUI, REGIONAL OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S TAI PO MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW CENTRES WOULD BE LOCATED IN TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT.

THE TAI PO MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, SUBVENTES BY THE GOVERNMENT, CAME INTO SERVICE IN JULY LAST YEAR, AND HAS OVER 600 MEMBERS.

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