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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992

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STI COMMENTS ON MFN VOTE

THE US SENATE YESTERDAY PASSED A BILL ATTACHING RENEWAL OF CHINA'S MFN TRADE STATUS BY 59 TO 39 VOTES.

CONDITIONS ON

AND INDUSTRY, MR MAJORITY WHICH

COMMENTING ON THIS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE T.H. CHAU, SAID THE VOTE FALLS SHORT OF THE TWO-THIRD WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.

HAS

ADMINISTRATION WOULD VETO ANY LEGISLATION EXTENSION OF CHINA'S MFN

**THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE US REPEATEDLY STATED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WHICH SOUGHT TO ATTACH CONDITIONS TO THE STATUS.

NOT BE ALARMED OVER THE

"FOR THIS REASON, HONG KONG SHOULD RESULTS OF THIS VOTE IN THE SENATE, MR CHAU SAID.

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THAT HONG BY THE US

ENSURE EFFORT TO "WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY KONG'S CASE IS HEARD AND OUR INTERESTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION,' HE ADDED.

J

BILL IS PASSED ΤΟ THE

UNDER NORMAL US PROCEDURES, ONCE THE PRESIDENT, HE WILL HAVE TEN DAYS IN WHICH TO VETO IT.

0

NEW ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES ANNOUNCED

TOUGHER, NEW ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES HAVE BEEN ENACTED.

ARE

SUCH AS THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, PARTIES DIRECTLY CONCERNED ADVERTISERS, BUILDING MANAGEMENTS AND CINEMA AND TRANSPORT OPERATORS

GRACE PERIODS OF SIX GIVEN

12 MONTHS BEFORE DIFFERENT ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS TAKEN.

ΤΟ

TODAY WELFARE

(WEDNESDAY) SMOKING (PUBLIC COUNCIL

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND ADDRESSED INTERESTED PARTIES ABOUT PROVISIONS OF THE HEALTH) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1992, PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON JANUARY 31.

DEREK PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR

FORWARD IN THE GOULD, SAID THE AMENDMENT BILL WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING ANTI-SMOKING POLICY.

"WE

ARE COMMITTED PRAGMATIC

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PROGRESSIVE AND EDUCATION MEASURES, HE SAID.

TO DISCOURAGING

OF PACKAGE

SMOKING

THROUGH

PREVENTION, LEGISLATION

A AND

то

BE

"THE LEGISLATION COMPRISES THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE PASSED

HEALTH) REGULATIONS SMOKING

AMENDED RECENTLY, THE SHORTLY AND ORDER TO BE MADE BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE."

(PUBLIC

/UNDER THE