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HK ENJOYS ICT STATUS
WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1992
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED IN ITS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) DETAILS OF ITS EXTENSION OF
(ICT) LICENSING BENEFITS TO HONG KONG.
FEDERAL REGISTER INTRA-COCOM TRADE
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, HONG KONG WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SIMPLIFIED EXPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. LAW TO PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROLS (COCOM).
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE LIBERALISATION OF LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORTS OF COCOM-CONTROLLED GOODS FROM THE U.S. ΤΟ HONG KONG.
HE BELIEVED THIS WOULD LESSEN THE BURDEN ON U.S. EXPORTERS AND HONG KONG IMPORTERS.
"THIS IS A POSITIVE AND SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
HIGH-TECH GOODS
"THE UNITED STATES IS THE LARGEST SUPPLIER OF TO HONG KONG AND THE RELAXATION OF LICENSING PROCEDURES WILL LEAD TO A FASTER AND EASIER FLOW OF HIGH-TECH GOODS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO HONG KONG," MR CHAU SAID.
HIGH COURT JUDGE APPOINTED
THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A HIGH COURT MR WOO KWOK-HING, Q.C, EFFECTIVE FROM TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
JUDGE,
WOO WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN JANUARY 1946 AND WAS EDUCATED AT LAI CHAK MIDDLE SCHOOL, TAK YAN SCHOOL AND YING WAH COLLEGE.
IN 1965 HE ATTENDED BIRMINGHAM
UNIVERSITY
IN ENGLAND AND
OBTAINED HIS LL.B. DEGREE IN 1968.
HE THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, WHERE HE OBTAINED AN LL.M. IN 1969. IN THE SAME YEAR MR WOO WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN ENGLAND.
HE THEN RETURNED TO HONG KONG WHERE HE SERVED PUPILLAGE WITH MR RONALD ARCULLI.
SINCE THEN, MR WOO HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS PRACTICE AT THE BAR HONG KONG. IN HIS FIRST FEW YEARS HE DID NOT SPECIALISE BUT UNDERTOOK BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES.
IN
SINCE 1977, HIS PRACTICE HAS MAINLY BEEN IN CIVIL MATTERS, INCLUDING GENERAL COMMERCIAL MATTERS, BANKING, TAXATION, CORPORATION, LAND, TRUSTS AND ESTATES.
/BETWEEN 1973
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