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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1992

HK ATTENDS SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETING OF

ASIA-PACIFIC · ECONOMIC COOPERATION

A HONG KONG DELEGATION WAS IN BANGKOK FOR THE SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) WHICH WILL START TOMORROW (MONDAY),

HEADING THE DELEGATION IS DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE AND SENIOR OFFICIAL REPRESENTING HONG KONG ON APEC, MR DONALD TSANG.

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"HONG KONG HAS ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN A MEETING OF THE APEC INFORMAL GROUP ON REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALISATION HERE ON SATURDAY, MR TSANG SAID IN BANGKOK.

НЕ ADDED THAT THE MAJOR TASKS OF THE THREE-DAY SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETING ARE TO DISCUSS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPPORT MECHANISM AND FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR APEC.

APEC IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM SET UP IN 1989 TO HELP STRENGTHEN THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, то INCREASE TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS WITHIN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION AND TO IDENTIFY RANGE OF PRACTICAL AND COMMON ECONOMIC INTERESTS.

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HONG KONG WAS ADMITTED TO APEC IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, TOGETHER WITH CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI.

APART FROM HONG KONG, THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF APEC COMPRISES THE ASEAN COUNTRIES (I.E. BRUNEI, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND), AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH KOREA, CHINESE TAIPEI AND USA.

THAILAND IS THE HOST OF THE APRC MINISTERIAL AND SENIOR OFFICIALS' MEETINGS THIS YEAR.

MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR- GENERAL OF TRADE, MR JOHN C. TSANG, AND TRADE OFFICER, MRS DOROTHY CHOW.

IMPORTED WORKERS MUST BE INSURED

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IMPORTED WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO ́EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS UNDER THE LABOUR LAW.

MR

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS) OF THE LABOUR JOHN SUNG, TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS то INSURANCE POLICIES FOR THEIR WORKERS, INCLUDING IMPORTED REQUIRED UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

PROTECTION

DEPARTMENT,

TAKE OUT WORKERS, AS

MR SUNG CITED A RECENT CASE IN WHICH A PROPRIETOR, LI TAI-TO OF HAPPY GARDEN NURSING HOME IN CAUSEWAY BAY, WAS FINED $2,000 BY A EASTERN MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO INSURE FOR HIS FOUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING AN IMPORTED WORKER.

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