THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1989
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DEPARTMENT AND THE KONG'S
IT WILL BE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TRADE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR TOP EXECUTIVES OF HONG SERVICES INDUSTRIES.
MR
CARTLAND SAID: IN THE AND IS
EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND TO THIS SEMINAR, "TRADE IN SERVICES IS ONE OF THE 15 SUBJECTS BEING NEGOTIATED CURRENT GATT URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ONE OF THE NEW SUBJECTS INTRODUCED IN THE GATT TALKS.
OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ++ ALTHOUGH PROGRESS IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS SINCE THE START OF THE URUGUAY ROUND IN SEPTEMBER 1986 HAS BEEN SLOW, IN GENEVA ΤΟ GUIDE THE FRAMEWORK AGREED BY PARTICIPANTS THIS APRIL
IN NOVEMBER DISCUSSIONS IN THE RUN-UP TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE ROUND NEXT YEAR HAS SUBSTANTIALLY HASTENED THE PACE OF WORK.
FOR
IS ΤΟ TRADE
IN THIS AREA "THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GATT NEGOTIATIONS ESTABLISH A MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK OF RULES AND PRINCIPLES IN SERVICES, SIMILAR TO THE GATT.
"HAVING REGARD TO THE STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE
FRAMEWORK BY AIMS TO PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT MULTILATERAL THIS YEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERESTS OF WOULD BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PROCESS.
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GATT WHICH
THE END OF OUR TRADE
MR CARTLAND SAID THE SERVICES SECTORS HAD BECOME MORE AND IMPORTANT IN HONG KONG.
"IN 1987, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 65 PER CENT AND ABOUT 55 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT.
MORE
OF HONG KONG'S
GDP
TO GDP ARE NOT DEPARTMENT OF OUR
"ALTHOUGH 1988 FIGURES ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION AVAILABLE, A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR SHOWS THAT SOME 58 PER CENT WORKFORCE IS EMPLOYED IN SOME KIND OF SERVICES OR OTHER.
"I
INCREASE THE THOSE ENGAGED IN AND OF THE
FROM,
AND
THE SEMINAR ON TRADE IN SERVICES IS ORGANISED TO AWARENESS OF HONG KONG'S BUSINESSMEN, PARTICULARLY THE SERVICES INDUSTRIES, OF THE NEGOTIATIONS IN THE GATT
THE ON
EXPORT OF SERVICES ISSUES WHICH HAVE A BEARING IMPORT OF SERVICES INTO, HONG KONG.
THE SERVICES THEIR SERVICES
IT WILL ALSO HELP TO OBTAIN DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM
ON
THEY INDUSTRIES
FACE IN OBSTACLES
EXPORTING OVERSEAS WHICH SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE GATT NEGOTIATIONS.
TAKEN
CONCURRENTLY HELD WORKSHOPS
THE BY THE SEMINAR WILL BE OPENED FIRST DAY
SESSIONS INTRODUCING WILL BE
PLENARY UP BY
WILL BE PARTICIPANTS TO THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL. WHILE THE SECOND DAY
SERVICES
FINANCIAL
SECRETARY. THE
ON
SIX SELECTED
DEVOTED TO SECTORS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO HONG KONG.
A NUMBER OF PROMINENT SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM OVERSEAS. SERVICES, THEY INCLUDE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GATT NEGOTIATING GROUP ON
SECTOR AND PRIVATE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE GATT FROM THE U.S.. EUROPE AND JAPAN.
EXPERTS
"IN ADDITION
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