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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990

ISSUE

A "TRIP

TO

TICKET"

WHO STARTING FROM THE

EPD WOULD UNDER THE SYSTEM, THE EITHER ASBESTOS WASTE PRODUCERS OR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT CONTRACTORS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECORD THE MOVEMENT OF WASTE WASTE ARISING SITE TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL SITE,

THIS WOULD ENABLE EPD

KNOW то

WHEREABOUT OF ASBESTOS WASTE.

ON THE ACTION

PLAN

EXACTLY THE

MOVEMENT AND

HAS

HELD BEEN

WITH

ALL

CONSULTATION RELEVANT PARTIES IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE INDUSTRY DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

TO ASSIST INDUSTRY TO ADAPT TO THE NEW MEASURES, A SEMINAR

ASBESTOS ABATEMENT BEEN HELD WITH MAJOR ASBESTOS WASTE PRODUCERS AND CONTRACTORS ON THE ACTION PLAN AND NEW TRIP TICKET SYSTEM.

HAS

HK REPRESENTATIVES PLAY FULL ROLE IN URUGUAY ROUND

GENERAL

AGREEMENT

ON TARIFFS HONG KONG'S STATUS IN THE TRADE (GATT) HAS ENABLED ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO PLAY A FULL AND URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL THE CURRENT LEADING ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID (THURSDAY).

AND

OFTEN

TRADE TODAY

OF AND ΤΟ TWO

THE ZONTA CLUB SPEAKING AT THE INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF

TRADE SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG EAST, MR CHAU SAID HONG KONG'S

INVITED MINISTERS INDUSTRY HAD BEEN AMONG A SELECT GROUP OF INFORMAL MINISTERIAL MEETINGS CONCERNING THE URUGUAY ROUND.

TO A "IN DECEMBER, WHEN THE ROUND IS SCHEDULED TO COME

BRUSSELS, WE EXPECT HIM AT A FORMAL MINISTERIAL MEETING IN FULLY INVOLVED IN THE MAJOR DECISIONS WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE OF THE GATT," HE SAID.

GATT WAS

CLOSE TO BE FUTURE

OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTANCE

CORNERSTONE THE MR CHAU SAID THE EXTERNAL TRADE POLICY AND ITS INVOLVEMENT WAS OF PARAMOUNT TO THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG'S TRADE INTERESTS.

MEMBERSHIP IN

THE GATT; HAMPERED BY

GATT SEPARATE HE SAID PRIOR TO ACQUISITION OF 1986 HONG KONG HAD FOR MANY YEARS PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN BUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS REPRESENTATION WAS SOMEWHAT THE FACT THAT THE TERRITORY WAS NOT A MEMBER IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

GENEVA

THAT TIME HAD TO BE WHEN THEY SPOKE AND,

SPEAKING REPRESENTATIVES

HE SAID HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVES AT PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION IN DURING GATT MEETINGS, THEY DID SO AS THE UK FOR HONG KONG.

/"BECAUSE OF