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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1989

ANTI-DUMPING ACTION AVERTED

THE THREAT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THERMOSTATIC PLUGS FROM HONG KONG HAS BEEN AVERTED, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

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IN APRIL, 1988, A PETITION WAS FILED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ALLEGING THAT IMPORTS OF THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED APPLIANCE PLUGS AND PROBE THERMOSTATS FROM CANADA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, MALAYSIA AND HONG KONG WERE BEING SOLD AT LESS THAN FAIR VALUE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE US COMMERCE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS, SAID MR JACKSON, AND CONCLUDED IN A RECENTLY PUBLISHED REPORT THAT THE THERMOSTATS FROM HONG KONG WERE NOT BEING SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES AT LESS THAN FAIR VALUE.

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HOWEVER, IT DID MAKE A DETERMINATION OF DUMPING WITH REGARD THE OTHER FOUR COUNTRIES NAMED IN THE PETITION. INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE CASES WILL CONTINUE.

COMMENTING ON THE US FINDING, MR JACKSON SAID: "IT IS A GOOD DEMONSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT DUMPING DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR HONG KONG BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO DIRECT MARKET FORCES AND RECEIVE NO SUBSIDIES."

SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT

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MEMBERS OF OWNERS' CORPORATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND FACTORY OWNERS IN KWUN TONG ARE BEING INVITED TO ATTEND A SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT- OFFICE.

JANUARY 18, IS PART OF THE

OFFICE то PROMOTE MANAGEMENT

THE SEMINAR, TO BE HELD ON EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BY THE DISTRICT CONCEPTS IN THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING TEAM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE WILL GIVE TALKS ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT, INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT POLLUTION, AND CRIME PREVENTION.

FIRE AND

THERE WILL