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NOVEMBER 27 (TUESDAY)

NOVEMBER 28 (WEDNESDAY)

NOVEMBER 29 (THURSDAY)

NOVEMBER 30 (FRIDAY)

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

8.30 AM

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5 PM

8.30 AM

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11.59 PM

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5 PM

8.30 AM 5 PM

TRADE STAFF PRAISED FOR MULTILATERAL TRADE TALKS

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THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR T.H. CHAU, PRAISED HIS STAFF

"WHOLEHEARTED TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR THEIR

SUPPORT AND DEDICATION" IN CARRYING OUT DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

SPEAKING AT THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL DINNER AND THE URUGUAY ROUND HOUSEWARMING GATHERING THIS EVENING, MR CHAU SAID OF GATT TALKS IN GENEVA HAD EXERTED VERY HEAVY DEMAND OFFICERS.

ON

DIRECTORATE

"WE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE то COPE WITHOUT THE

ALL

RANKS. I SHOULD HE COLLEAGUES,"

WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT AND DEDICATION OF STAFF OF ALL LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SAID.

MR CHAU SAID THE PAST YEAR HAD BEEN A HECTIC ONE IN INCREASING VOLUME OF LICENCE APPLICATIONS HAD BROUGHT GREAT PRESSURE TO BEAR ON FRONTLINE STAFF.

WHICH THE

AND "WE ISSUED 4.4 MILLION LICENCES SORTS IN 1989. FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF WAS 3 MILLION," HE SAID.

THIS

OF CERTIFICATES

OUR

VARIOUS

YEAR,

OUTPUT

ON THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW PREMISES AT TRADE DEPARTMENT TOWER, OFFICES LICENSING CHAU SAID THERE WAS A LIFT LINKING THE VARIOUS

SEVENTH THE LOWER FLOORS WITH THE COMPUTER HALL ON THE HAD IMPROVED THE FLOW OF WORK.

EXPORT

MR

ON

FLOOR, WHICH

BEEN ABLE LICENSING FOR ON STREAM IN

"ALSO, WITH MORE SPACE IN THE NEW PREMISES, WE HAVE TO LAUNCH AN INSTANTANEOUS SERVICE FOR TEXTILE THE NON-RESTRAINED MARKET WHEN THE NEW TRADE DEPARTMENT TOWER," HE SAID.

MR CHAU ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY COMMENDATION FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE

DIRECTOR'S MEMBERS.

FOR COMMENDATION

PREMISES CAME

TO PRESENT THE DIRECTOR'S STAFF MEMBERS AND THE VALUABLE SERVICE

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LONG AND

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FOUR

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