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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1989

IT ALSO SERVED AS

REFERENCE FOR RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS | STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEACH WATER POLLUTION.

THE REPORT, AT $22 A COPY, IS AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

IN ADDITION TO THIS ANNUAL REPORT, BI-WEEKLY GRADING OF THE WATER QUALITY OF ALL THE BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO BE ANNOUNCED, STARTING FROM MARCH 30 THIS YEAR.

CALL TO GUARD AGAINST PROTECTIONISM

THE WORD "PROTECTIONISM" MAY SOUND ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR, BUT FAMILIARITY MUST NOT BREED CONTEMPT BECAUSE THE DANGERS ARE REAL, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

MR MACLEOD WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER OF THE FEDERATION KONG GARMENT MANUFACTURERS.

OF HONG

"THE DEFEAT OF THE U.S. TEXTILE BILL IN THE LAST U.S. CONGRESS WAS A RELIEF, BUT WE NEED TO MONITOR AND FIGHT ATTEMPTS BY THE TEXTILES LOBBY TO RESURRECT THE BILL IN THE NEW CONGRESS, HE SAID.

"WE APPRECIATE THE POSITION OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ON THE LAST BILL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED RESISTANCE BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO SUCH PROTECTIONIST APPEALS.

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MR MACLEOD SAID THE DANGERS OF PROTECTIONISM WERE REAL AND THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO BEWARE OF PROTECTIONISM IN NEW GUISES.

"THE RECENT SPATE OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS BY THE EEC EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON HONG KONG EXPORTS OF NON-TEXTILE PRODUCTS MAY EXTEND IN THE FUTURE TO TEXTILE PRODUCTS," HE SAID.

UNCERTAINTIES

"PROHIBITIVE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AND THE OVERHANGING THE TRADE DURING INVESTIGATIONS CAN ALSO EFFECTIVELY DAMAGE OUR CLOTHING EXPORTS AND ACHIEVE THE EFFECTS OF QUOTA

RESTRICTIONS.

MR MACLEOD SAID IT DID NOT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE TO SUPPOSE THAT OUR TRADERS CARRIED OUT DUMPING.

"AS A GOVERNMENT, WE ARE A SIGNATORY ΤΟ THE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE) DUMPING BY SIGNATORIES,'

HE SAID.

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