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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1988

BY MEMBERS OF

POLICY

DIPLOMATS

THE GOVERNOR WILL ADDRESS THE CENTRE PON EUROPEAN STUDIES ON OCTOBER 19. THIS FUNCTION WILL BE ATTENDEÐ THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. OFFICIALS OF

THE BC COMMISSION, AND MEMBERS OF THE BELGIUM-HONG KONG SOCIETY.

IN PARIS, THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL ON THE FOREIGN TRADE AND MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND ATTEND A LUNCH HOSTED BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

MINISTER

THE DEPUTY

HE WILL ALSO GIVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED THE FRENCH EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION (CNPF) AND THE HONG KONG DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 20.

BY

TRADE

OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS OCCASION WILL. INCLUDE THE TUC CHAIRMAN, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR VICTOR FUNG, THE FRENCH CONSUL-GENERAL IN KONG, MR FRANCOIS SOULE-SUSBIELLES, AND

HONG A NUMBER OF SENIOR FRENCH BUSINESSMEN.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT BY A GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG TO GERMANY, BELGIUM AND FRANCE. IT EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN

GROWING COMMUNITY AS

TRADING PARTNER SOURCE OF INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG,

AND A

IN THE WEEK FOLLOWING HIS EUROPEAN SPEND THREE DAYS IN LONDON.

TOUR, THE GOVERNOR

WILL

OFFICE TRADE

HE WILL HOLD TALKS WITH FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS AND GIVE A SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DINNER ΤΟ BE HELD AT THE BERKELEY HOTEL ON OCTOBER 25.

SIR DAVID WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 27.

0

PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF TEXTILES BILL WELCOMED

THE DECISION BY THE U.S. PRESIDENT, MR RONALD REAGAN, THE PROTECTIONIST TEXTILES AND APPAREL TRADE BILL HONG KONG TODAY (THURSDAY).

ΤΟ VETO WAS WELCOMED IN

THE DECISION HAD MANY TIMES THAT IT

THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR MICHAEL SZE, SAID BEEN EXPECTED. THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION HAD SAID WAS OPPOSED TO THE BILL. HE NOTED.

"WE UNDERSTAND THAT AN ATTEMPT ΤΟ OVER-RIDE THE VETO MAY BE MADE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEXT SAID.

PRESIDENT'S

WEER." MR SZE

"WE WERE