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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1988

THERE MAY BE SOME SAVINGS ON

SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN LATER WHO ARRIVED YEARS AS THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES

BEFORE THE CHANGE IN AS POLICY GET RESETTLED OVERSEAS, AND IF THE NEW POLICY IS SUCCESSFUL

BOAT A DETERRENT IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF NEW ARRIVALS OF VIETNAMESE

PEOPLE.

THIS MAY RESULT IN A REDUCED LEVEL OF PROVISION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1989-90 AND BEYOND.

COMMITMENT ON PASSING INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING AN UNRESERVED COMMITMENT TO THE TIMELY EXCHANGE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION ON CUSTOMS MATTERS AMONG MEMBER ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL WAS STRESSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OBJECTIVE OF

SPEAKING AT AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CCC IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, MR WILLIAMSON SAID THAT THIS WAS SEEN AS THE ULTIMATE THE COUNCIL'S REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICE PROJECT FOR THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP).

HE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF "TIMELY" INFORMATION AND AWARENESS OF EACH OTHER'S NEEDS, THOUGH NOT ALWAYS MEAN FAST.

"THE CCC ESCAP PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH DANGEROUS IT NEED NOT BE AND IS EASILY CAPABLE OF EXPANSION TO COVER OF INTEREST TO ANOTHER CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION.

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DRUGS. BUT

ANY ISSUE

IN HONG KONG, WILL NOT WAIT FOR ENQUIRIES, WE WILL PASS ON ANY INFORMATION IF WE THINK IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST, HE SAID, NOTING THAT MUTUAL CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN PROJECT.

A DEFINITE BENEFIT TO THE

MR WILLIAMSON ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BE FORMALLY INCLUDED IN THE CCC ESCAP REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICE PROJECT, AS THE PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH DRUGS, MUCH OF WHICH WAS DESTINED FOR THOSE TWO COUNTRIES.

"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE OBJECTIVE WORLDWIDE NETWORK BUT THAT IN THE SHORT TERM WE REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICES, HE ADDED.

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