XN000022-1990-04-24 — Page 8

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990

LADY WILSON OPENS KINDERGARTEN AND STUDY ROOM

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DISTRICT

THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE NORTH BEEN GIVEN A BIG BOOST FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF A KINDERGARTEN READING ROOM BY LADY WILSON THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.

HAS AND A

AND

THE KINDERGARTEN AND THE READING ROOM, LOCATED IN TAI PING

A NUMBER OF TIN PING ESTATES IN SHEUNG SHUI RESPECTIVELY, ARE AMONG PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE TAOIST FUNG YING SIN KOON.

THE KOON,

WHICH WAS

MAKING

AS REGISTERED

A NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IN 1972, HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

WHEN SHE LADY WILSON WAS BRIEFED ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

AN INTAKE OF ABOUT 260 TOURED THE TAI PING KINDERGARTEN WHICH HAS

CHILDREN AND WATCHED A MUSIC AND DANCE PUPILS. SHE SPOKE TO THE PERFORMANCE GIVEN BY THEM.

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LADY WILSON WAS ALSO SHOWN AROUND THE TIN

MR WHERE SHE WAS TOLD BY THE KOON CHAIRMAN, READING ROOM ACCOMMODATES UP TO 126 STUDENTS,

SHE LATER MET LOCAL PERSONALITIES THE KOON BEFORE CONCLUDING HER VISIT.

LADY WILSON WAS

PING READING ROOM, FU-HONG, THAT THE

AT A RECEPTION HOSTED BY

ON THE VISIT

BY THE REGIONAL MR ADOLF

AND HSU, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD

ACCOMPAINED TERRITORIES, NEW SECRETARY FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM HUI, MR RAYMOND PANG.

THE NORTH

CHAIRMAN,

U.S. ANTI-DUMPING CASE AGAINST HK MAN-MADE FIBRE SWEATERS

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A TRADE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL EXPRESSED CONCERN TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN ITS ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION AGAINST HONG KONG MAN-MADE FIBRE SWEATERS.

"THE DUMPING MARGIN IS A DISAPPOINTMENT," DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON.

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SAID ASSISTANT

'MAN-MADE FIBRE SWEATER MANUFACTURING IS A HIGHLY FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG OPERATING IN AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. THE HONG KONG TRADE HAS NEITHER THE MEANS NOR THE MOTIVE TO DUMP SWEATERS IN THE U.S. MARKET, HE SAID.

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"THIS IS ONLY A PRELIMINARY FINDING, HK BMPHASISED. "THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS ANOTHER 75 DAYS ΤΟ REACH A FINAL VIEW. THEY WILL BE SENDING A TEAM TO HONG KONG NEXT MONTH TO VISIT THE FOUR HONG KONG COMPANIES BEING INVESTIGATED.

/"THE COMPANIES