SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1992
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UNDER THE HONG KONG/U.S. TEXTILES AGREEMENT, KNIT TIGHTS ARE EXPORTED TO THE U.S. UNDER EXPORT AUTHORISATION CATEGORIES, WHILE TROUSERS ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC QUOTA CATEGORIES.
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THE NEW GUIDELINE, IMPLEMENTED ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, RECATEGORISES CERTAIN KNIT TIGHTS AS TROUSERS. TROUSERS QUOTA FULLY UTILISED AND CANNOT FURTHER ACCOMMODATE EXPORTS OF KNIT TIGHTS.
HONG KONG'S EXPORTS OF KNIT TIGHTS ΤΟ THE U.S. HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED.
DESPITE THREE ROUNDS OF BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, NO MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY SOLUTION COULD BE REACHED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, AFTER TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD (TEXTAB) AND THE REVIEW REQUEST TO TSB ON MARCH 25.
CONSULTATIONS WITH THE TRADE, FORMALLY SUBMITTED
ABOUT $390 MILLION WORTH OF KNIT TIGHTS WERE EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG TO THE U.S. LAST YEAR.
CARNIVAL TO PROMOTE ORGAN DONATION
A CARNIVAL THAT FORMS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGN WAS HELD THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AT NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN.
THE EVENT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES
BY SUPPORT THE TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ORGANISED HEALTH.
OF ACTIVITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOSPITAL,
THE CAMPAIGN IS CO-ORGANISED BY POK OI
TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED AND THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SUPPORTED BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY LIMITED AND THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION.
HONG KONG
HEALTH,
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SUFFERING
ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF S.H. LEE, SAID THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FROM SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT OF THEIR EYES, KIDNEYS OR LIVERS AND COULD NOT LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.
"TO THESE PEOPLE, THE ONLY HOPE IS ΤΟ HAVE THE DEFECTIVE ORGANS REPLACED, DR LEE SAID.
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HE HOPED THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO HAD A PROUD RECORD OF
LESS CARING FOR THE
FORTUNATE WOULD CONTINUE DEMONSTRATING THEIR CARING ATTITUDE.
CARDS ONLY DEATH AND NOT
HE STRESSED THAT THE SIGNING OF THE ORGAN DONATION INDICATES ONE'S WISH TO DONATE HIS OR HER ORGAN AFTER BEFORE.
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