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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988
"MORE AND MORE TERRITORIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND ASIA ARE NOW ABLE TO PRODUCE GOODS OF SIMILAR QUALITY (EXCEPT GARMENTS} AT LOWER COSTS THAN IN HONG KONG, RESULTING IN A DECLINE IN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF HONG KONG 1N MANUFACTURING SUCH NON-GARMENT
PRODUCTS.
"WE ARE ALSO LOSING MARKET SHARE TO SOME OF OUR ASIAN COMPETITORS, ESPECIALLY IN THE U.5. MARKET, IN TERMS OF GOODS OF HIGHER VALUES PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.
"AS OUR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE PUTTING GREATER AND GREATER EMPHASIS ON QUALITY WITH INCREASINGLY STRINGENT PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS, OUR EXPORTS ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED UNLESS WE CAN IMPROVE IN GOOD TIME THE QUALITY COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR PRODUCTS ON A BROAD FRONT."
HK POLICE EXPERIENCE USEFUL TO CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
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LESSONS LEARNED IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BY CHIEF INSPECTOR MICK HUGHES, FORMERLY AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, ARE BEING ABSORBED INTO TRAINING PROGRAMMES USED BY POLICE FORCES IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.
MR HUGHES IS ON A TWO-YEAR SECONDMENT TO BARBADOS AS A POLICE PUBLIC ORDER TRAINING ADVISER.
KINGDOM
HIS POST WAS FILLED FROM HONG KONG BY THE UNITED OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE BRITISH FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
MR HUGHES SAID: "MY JOB OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO HAS BEEN TO SET UP INTERNAL SECURITY TRAINING AND INSTRUCT ON COURSES FOR A NUMBER OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES.
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'1 WORK MAINLY FOR THE REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM, WHICH IS AN ALLIANCE OF BARBADOS, ANTIGUA (WITH BARBADA), ST LUCIA, ST KITTS (WITH NEVIS), GRENADA, DOMINICA, AND ST VICENT (WITH THE GRENADINES). THESE ARE ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE AGREED ON A SYSTEM OF MUTUAL AID.
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'THE TEAM I WORK WITH IS MAINLY MILITARY, COMPRISING A NUMBER OF BRITISH ROYAL MARINES AND AMERICAN ARMY SPECIAL FORCES (THE GREEN BERETS). WE RUN A NUMBER OF BASIC AND LEADERS' COURSES FOR SPECIAL SERVICE UNITS
WHICH ARE POLICE PARAMILITARY UNITS SET UP IN
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COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT HAVE DEFENCE FORCES.
"THE COURSES
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