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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1988

THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY IS REQUIRED TO:

(A) REVIEW THE METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED IN THE 1987-88 PAY TREND

SURVEY AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS FINDINGS;

(B)

REVIEW AND ADVISE SPECIFICALLY ON THE 1988 PAY ADJUSTMENT IN THIS LIGHT; AND

(C)

CONSIDER THE METHODOLOGY AND

FINDINGS OF

THE 1986 PAY

FOR

LEVEL SURVEY AND COMMENT ON THEIR VALIDITY AS A BASIS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO CIVIL SERVICE PAY;

AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS."

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN ΤΟ APPOINT THE CHAIRMAN AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY, WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO START WORK SOON.

BELGIAN BUSINESSMEN TOLD OF HK OPPORTUNITIES

THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

OFFERS WERE OUTLINED BY THE

TRADE AND INVESTMENT THAT

FOR SECRETARY

TRADE AND

RONG KONG INDUSTRY,

MR

HAMISH MACLEOD, IN BRUSSELS TODAY (TUESDAY).

ADDRESSING A MEETING

OF THE

BELGIUM-HONG

KONG

MR SOCIETY,

DEALT WITH

MACLEOD ALSO GAVE AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT TRADE TRENDS AND

WITH CHINA AND OTHER PACIFIC HONG KONG'S EXPANDING ECONOMIC LINKS BASIN COUNTRIES.

IF BELATED, RECOGNITION

HE SAID THERE SEEMED TO BE A GROWING, IN EUROPE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PACIFIC BASIN.

EXPLAINED HOW CHINA STATES AS HONG KONG'S *SOME EXTENT RESUMING

REFERRING TO THE CHINA TRADE, MR MACLEOD

YEARS REPLACED THE HAD IN RECENT

UNITED WITH THE TERRITORY TO LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, ITS TRADITIONAL ENTREPOT ROLE.

TIGHT

HAD

VERY OF

ONE TO

HE SAID THAT CHINA'S OPENING UP TO TRADE, COUPLED WITH A

SITUATION LABOUR

IN HONG

LED TO MOVEMENT KONG, LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES OVER THE BORDER, WITH AN ESTIMATED TWO MILLION CHINESE WORKERS DOING SUB-CONTRACTING WORK FOR HONG KONG.

/THIS, MR