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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1992

DISCUSSIONS HELPFUL TO FUTURE: GOVERNOR

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DISCUSSIONS WITH MR LU PING CAN BUILD THE SORT OF CONSTRUCTIVE AND PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA WHICH IS HELPFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER SEEING MR LU PING OFF AT THE AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS VERY USEFUL HAVING MR LU PING IN HONG KONG.

"I WELCOME THESE CHANCES TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH MR FITHER HERE OR IN PEKING," HE SAID.

LU PING

"IT GIVES US A VERY GOOD CHANCE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON WHAT IS

HAPPENING.

H IF THERE ARE ANY POINTS THAT EITHER SIDE WISHES TO RAISE, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND BUILD THAT SORT OF CONSTRUCTIVE, PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA WHICH I BELIEVE IS HELPFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND ARRANGING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ΤΟ DEAL WITH.

ASKED IF HE WOULD VISIT PEKING, SIR DAVID SAID : WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT PEKING, BUT I DON'T KNOW YET."

'I HOPE THAT I EXACTLY WHEN

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HK'S POSITION ON DRAFT URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT

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'TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

HONG KONG WILL ACCEPT THE DRAFT FINAL ACT DOCUMENT EMBODYING THE RESULTS OF THE URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL AS A BASIS то PUSH THE ROUND TO AN EARLY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, SAID IN

(MONDAY).

CONCLUSION, THE GENEVA YESTERDAY

AT THE

MEETING то THE GENERAL

TOGETHER WITH SOME 40 DELEGATIONS WHICH SPOKE OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (TNC), HONG KONG AGREED PROPOSAL OF MR ARTHUR DUNKEL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE AGREEMENT ON, TARIFFS AND TRADĘ (GATT) ACTING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TNC, TO CONCLUDE THE FINAL PHASE OF THE URUGUAY ROUND UNDER FOUR PARALLEL TRACKS.

THESE FOUR TRACKS INCLUDE:

* NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKET ACCESS FOR GOODS;

* NEGOTIATIONS ON INITIAL COMMITMENTS IN THE AREA OF SERVICES;

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