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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

"I AM EQUALLY DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT, IN ORDER TO UPDATE AND FURTHER DEVELOP THE INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF TRAINERS AND INSTRUCTORS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING FROM THE COLLEGE IN THIS AREA, THE COLLEGE WILL START THE FIRST CLASS OF THE NEW ADVANCED COURSE IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES IN FEBRUARY 1991,' HE SAID.

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MR LI ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS IN BOTH COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO HAD SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND HAD GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURSES.

A TOTAL OF 496 GRADUATES FROM THE TRAINING PERSONNEL OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS RECEIVED CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES FROM MR LI.

OF THE TOTAL GRADUATES, 35 PER CENT WERE FROM 25 PER CENT FROM THE SERVICING INDUSTRIES, 20 PER TRAINING WINGS OF 10 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND FIVE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES.

PRIVATE FIRMS, CENT FROM THE PER CENT FROM

HK AND NEW ZEALAND SHARE COMMON COMMITMENT

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HONG KONG AND NEW ZEALAND SHARE A COMMON COMMITMENT ΤΟ FREE, NON-DISCRIMINATORY, MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM ENSHRINED IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRAIFFS AND TRADE (GATT), THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING ORGANISED BY THE NEW ZEALAND HONG KONG ASSOCIATION.

MR CHAN SAID HONG KONG AND NEW ZEALAND HAD WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER ON VARIOUS ISSUES IN THE URUGUAY ROUND TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ECONOMIES AND то BALANCE THE EXTREME POSITIONS ADOPTED BY SOME OF THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS.

"WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, CO-SPONSORED PROPOSALS ADVOCATING A FORMULA APPROACH TO TARIFF REDUCTION; A MULTILATERAL APPROACH ΤΟ REDUCE NON-TARIFF MEASURES; PROCEDURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SPEED UP THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS; AND THE OPERATION OF THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MACHANISM TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM.

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"ON MANY OTHER BEING DEBATED IN THE URUGUAY ROUND, WE HAVE ALSO FOUND OURSELVES HOLDING SIMILAR, IF NOT IDENTICAL, VIEWS, HE SAID.

APART FROM THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AND TRADE POLICY, MR CHAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NEW ZEALAND HAD ALSO BEEN GROWING IN MANY WAYS AND THEIR MUTUAL INVESTMENT HAD BEEN INCREASING.

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/HE SAID