TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991
"WE HAVE
THE GATT
TOWARDS AND
THEREFORE MADE IT OUR TOP PRIORITY TO WORK
ROUND WHICH WOULD STRENGTHEN BOTH SUCCESSFUL URUGUAY INTERNATIONAL TRADE," HE SAID.
WHICH HAS MR CHAU SAID THAT FOR A SMALL PLACE LIKE HONG KONG LITTLE OR NO POLITICAL CLOUT, THE PROTECTION AFFORDED BY INTERNATIONAL RULES SUCH AS THOSE UNDER THE GATT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE
HE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WAS THE AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S SEPARATE STATUS IN GATT.
THIS STATUS WAS FIRMLY SECURED IN L986 WHEN, THROUGH THE SPONSORSHIP, HONG KONG WAS TURNED INTO A FULL SEPARATE MEMBER OF
UK'S THE
GATT.
USING THE
A CHINESE COMMUNICATION TO THE GATT AT THE SAME TIME GUARANTEED THAT, AFTER 1997, HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER NAME OF "HONG KONG, CHINA".
A
FREE- OF THE
THE SUBSEQUENTLY,
HONG KONG OFFICE IN GENEVA BECAME STANDING HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE, WHILE THE HEAD OFFICE BECAME HONG KONG'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GATT.
THESE CHANGES, MR CHAU NOTED, HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
"THEY
THAT HONG KONG'S IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TRADE CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED.
MEAN
TO
WORLD
MOST
"OUR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN GENEVA HAS ACCESS TO THE IMPORTANT INFORMAL GROUPS IN THE GATT. OUR REPRESENTATIVES CHAIR IMPORTANT GATT COMMITTEES.
"IN THE CURRENT ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS SO VITAL FUTURE OF THE GATT, OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE ABLE TO PLAY A OFTEN LEADING ROLE," HE SAID.
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JAPANESE INVESTORS CONFIDENT IN HK'S FUTURE
*
TO THE FULL AND
KONG
THE INCREASING PRESENCE OF JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN HONG SIGNIFIES THE CONFIDENCE OF JAPANESE INVESTORS IN THE FUTURE OF HONG MR T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY KONG, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT AN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION SEMINAR IN
THAT PROOF
THEY OSAKA, JAPAN, MR BARMA SAID THEIR PRESENCE WAS ALSO HAD BEEN ABLE TO FIND NICHE AREAS AND CONDUCT PROFITABLE BUSINESS HONG KONG.
IN
/MP BARMA
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