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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1988

THE GATHERING IS ORGANISED BY THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO) AND THE JAPANESE PATENT OFFICE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

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THE SITING OF THE CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG WAS AN INDICATION THE TERRITORY'S INTERNATIONAL STANDING AS A PLACE WHERE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WERE PROTECTED IN THE MARKETPLACE, SAID MR BERTRAND DE SPEVILLE, WHO IS CO-ORDINATING THE ASSISTANCE BEING GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

WIPO IS ONE OF 16 SPECIALISED AGENCIES OF THE SYSTEM OF ORGANISATIONS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION OF

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO MAIN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, CHIEFLY IN INVENTIONS, TRADEMARKS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND APPELLATIONS OF ORIGIN; AND COPYRIGHT.

THE FIRS DAY OF THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE NATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE SECOND DAY WILL BE DEVOTED ΤΟ THE EFFECTIVE USE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY BY THE ENTERPRISE SECTOR AND THE LAST DAY WILL DEAL WITH EMERGING AREAS OF IMPORTANCE IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION AND LICENSING OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND OF BIOTECHNOLOGY.

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LIAISON TEAMS BUSY VISITING FARMS

THE THREE LIAISON TEAMS SET UP BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TO HELP SMOOTH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME HAVE BEEN BUSY.

A TOTAL OF 300 PIG AND POULTRY FARMS HAVE BEEN VISITED SINCE THE TEAMS WERE FORMED IN DECEMBER.

THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES (SPECIAL DUTIES), MR LEO KWAN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT IN ADDITION TO LIVESTOCK FARMS IN TOLO AREA, ANGLER'S BEACH AND MUI WO, WHICH WOULD BE PUT UNDER CONTROL IN MID-1988, FARMS IN YUEN LONG AND NORTH DISTRICT HAVE ALSO BEEN VISITED.

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THE VISITING PROGRAMME FOR THE LIAISON TEAMS WAS ENSURE THAT SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE FARMS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING REMOTE AREAS, WERE VISITED, MR KWAN SAID.

LIVESTOCK REARING