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TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1990

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MINISTER OF STATE TO VISIT HK NEXT MONTH

THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY THE FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TODAY (TUESDAY):

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MR FRANCIS MAUDE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, AND MRS MAUDE WILL VISIT HONG KONG APRIL 7-11, 1990.

AND

AND

FROM

THIS WILL BE MR MAUDE'S SECOND VISIT TO HONG KONG SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT LAST YEAR.

MERGING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH AND GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH AND GENERAL WILL MERGE WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1990 AS PART SECRETARIAT REORGANISATION.

OF

DUTIES BRANCH THE GOVERNMENT

THAT THIS NEW

SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) MR MICHAEL SUEN, WOULD BE CALLED THE

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN BRANCH, TO BE HEADED BY CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH.

"ON THE SAME DATE, THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE OVER FROM THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING THE OPERATIONS OF THE COUNCILS DIVISION, SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TWO BRANCHES WILL REMAIN THE SAME AFTER THE MERGER.

GOVT CONTINUES TO PURSUE MFA-BASED TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT

THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK INTENSIVELY WITH OTHER TEXTILES EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES UNDER THE BANNER ok THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB) TO PURSUE AN MFA-BASED TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT WITH A VIEW ΤΟ SECURING IT'S ADOPTION AS PART OF THE URUGUAY ROUND RESULTS.

CLOTHING

THIS ASSURANCE CAME FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR T.H. CHAU, WHEN HE SPOKE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE AND FOOTWEAR INSTITUTE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.

/MA CHÂU