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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1991

EXTENSION OF HK/CANADA TEXTILES AGREEMENT

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT

REACHED ON A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AGREEMENT HAD BEEN

OF THE HONG KONG/CANADA TEXTILES AGREEMENT.

"AGREEMENT ON THE

EXTENSION HAS BEEN

REACHED AND WILL BE THE COMPLETED, "

RATIFIED ONCE INTERNAL PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG SAID.

"THE EXTENSION WILL APPLY

CURRENT IN THE CONTAINED FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS.

ΤΟ ALL AGREEMENT,

THE INCLUDING

AND TERMS

CONDITIONS GROWTH RATES

AND

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IN OTHER WORDS,

IT IS A

ROLLOVER FOR TWO YEARS OF

HE SAID.

THE

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RXISTING AGREEMENT WHICH EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 1991,

"THIS

TOGETHER AGREEMENT,

WITH

THE

THE

OF EXTENSION MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) AND OUR EARLIER AGREEMENTS WITH FINLAND,

UNITED STATES, HAS THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE

REMOVED KONG'S TEXTILES TRADE THE UNCERTAINTY HITHERTO SURROUNDING HONG WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO," MR TSANG SAID.

ON

AGREEMENT

NEGOTIATING

UNDER

THE

"WE WILL NOW DEVOTE OURSELVES FULLY TO THE TASK OF

MULTILATERAL LIBERAL

A NEW AND MORE URUGUAY ROUND, HE SAID.

TEXTILES

251 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM

A GROUP OF 251 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY

(WEDNESDAY) RETURNED

TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 128 MEN, 54 WOMEN, 42 BOYS AND 27 GIRLS, THE 63RD BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THEY WERE

THE TOTAL

NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 8,803 MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.

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