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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988

"WE WANT TO SEE SYSTEMATIC SURVEILLANCE OF TRADE POLICY. REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THESE.

I AM

"THERE SHOULD ALSO BE SOME PROGRESS ON TARIFF REDUCTIONS WOULD BE WELCOME.'

"

HONG EVERYONE KNEW

KONG WAS

WHICH

MR MACLEOD SAID

INTERESTED LIBERALISING TRADE IN TEXTILES, BUT THIS WAS NOT ITS ONLY INTEREST.

IN

1990, WE ALSO WANT TO "BY THE END OF THE ROUND IN

9EE A TRADE IN SERVICES, AND STRONGER LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON

HE SAID. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS,

++

EXPANDING

SERVICE

SECTOR.

OUR "THESE ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF

THE NEED "WE WILL ALSO BE STRESSING

ΤΟ HARMONISE RULES OF ORIGIN AND IMPROVE ANTI DUMPING RULES AND PROCEDURES.

JAMES TIEN TO CHAIR PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL

CHAIRMAN

OF

MR JAMES TIEN IS TO BE APPOINTED PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM

YEAR.

IN MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY (FRIDAY), THE AND INDUSTRY, R HAMISH MACLEOD, EXTENDED APPRECIATION TO THE OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, MR GRAHAM CHENG.

TRADE

THE HONG KONG JANUARY 1 NEXT

SECRETARY FOR HIS SINCERE

A

MR CHENG HAS SERVED ON THE COUNCIL IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES FOR TOTAL OF 12 YEARS, FIRST AS A MEMBER IN 1977, THEN AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, AND AS CHAIRMAN SINCE 1986.

MR MACLEOD SAID THAT UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF MR CHENG, THE

RANGE AND COUNCIL HAD SUBSTANTIALLY EXPANDED THE

MAGNITUDE OF ITS

A ACTIVITIES AND HAD DEVELOPED INTO

LEADING

PROVIDING VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

ORGANISATION

HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY.

OF MR TIEN, THE AND UPGRADING

OF