4
7
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989
* CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5 PER CENT
PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NOTES TO TABLES 1-3;
UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED THE COMPANIES SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
BY
CALL FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ANTI-DUMPING RULES WELL SUPPORTED
HONG KONG'S CALL FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RULES ON ANTI-DUMPING
ALMOST UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT
TO PREVENT ABUSE HAS BEEN GIVEN AN
AN
INFORMAL MINISTERIAL MEETING IN TOKYO ON THE URUGUAY ROUND MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.
MR AT
WHICH COMMENTING ON THE MEETING,
WAS HELD ON WEDNESDAY TO
AND TODAY (NOVEMBER 15 TO 17). THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE
INDUSTRY, JOHN CHAN, SAID HE WAS GRATIFIED AT THE SUPPORT SHOWN BY DELEGATES THE MEETING.
MR CHAN SAID THE CALL WAS FIRST RAISED MONTREAL MINISTERIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER 1988.
"HONG
BE SUBMITTING
BY HONG
KONG AT THE
WILL KONG
PROPOSALS FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ANTI-DUMPING CODE NEXT MONTH," HE SAID.
THE HONG
MR CHAN WAS THE LEADER OF INFORMAL MEETING OF TRADE MINISTERS REPRESENTING GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT).
ON
KONG DELEGATION AT THE 25 MEMBERS OF THE
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
ΤΟ
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDED
OF TRADE, MR MICHAEL SZE, AND HONG KONG'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE THE GATT. MR KEITH BROADBRIDGE.
MR CHAN SAID THE RULES
OF ORIGIN ALSO
ATTRACTED A LOT OF
ATTENTION,
STRONG
"IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS
BOTH FROM SUPPORT GATT DISCIPLINES IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO INTRODUCE
** HE THIS AREA TO MAKE THE RULES FAIRER AND MORE CERTAIN TO EXPORTERS, SAID.
/HE SAID
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