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MONDAY, MARCH 1,

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THE ADDRESSES OF THESE OFFICERS ARE SHOWN IN THE LEAFLET CONTAINING THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES.

HOTLINE AND

THE PUBLIC MAY USE THE DEPARTMENT'S ENQUIRY APPROACH ONE OF ITS SEVEN CUSTOMER ENQUIRY CENTRES FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS ON MATTERS RELATING TO WATER ACCOUNTS,

FOR GENERAL FAULT COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES, THE PUBLIC MAY USE TWO 24-HOUR COMPLAINT HOTLINES, ONE FOR HONG KONG AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, AND THE OTHER FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE HOTLINE NUMBERS AND THE ADDRESSES OF THE CUSTOMER CENTRES ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE LEAFLET.

MR HU ADDED THAT THE ENQUIRY SERVICE WOULD BE FURTHER BY A 24-HOUR COMPUTERISED TELEPHONE INFORMATION SYSTEM INSTALLED LATER THIS YEAR.

ENQUIRY

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"UNDER THIS SYSTEM, THE PUBLIC CAN OBTAIN INFORMATION MORE COMMON AND ROUTINE MATTERS ABOUT WATER ACCOUNTS AND DAILY WATER SUPPLY MORE QUICKLY ANY TIME OF THE DAY," HE SAID.

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TO PROVIDE A MORE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT TO CUSTOMERS, IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO PUBLIC SERVICE AREAS, SUCH AS CUSTOMER ENQUIRY CENTRES, WILL BE CARRIED OUT PROGRESSIVELY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MR HU SAID.

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EEC ANNOUNCES 1993 GSP SCHEME

A COMMERCIAL INFORMATION CIRCULAR PUBLISHED BY THE TRADE DEPARTNENT TODAY (MONDAY) SETS OUT THE DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC) GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP) SCHEME FOR 1993, WHICH IS, IN ESSENCE, A STRAIGHT ROLL-OVER OF THE 1992 SCHEME, WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES.

IMPORTS INTO THE EEC UNDER THE 1993 GSP SCHEME OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN CHAPTER 1 TO 97 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF FROM DESIGNATED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG, ARE ACCORDED PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF REDUCED OR ZERO RATES OF DUTY.

STATES: "WHEN

THE 1993 EEC GSP INCLUDES A NEW PROVISION WHICH PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE SCHEME BECOME THE SUBJECT OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES, THE PRODUCTS AND COUNTRIES CONCERNED SHALL NOT BE GRANTED ACCESS TO PREFERENces unleSS IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT THE SAID MEASURES HAVE BEEN BASED ON A PRICE WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ACCORDED TO THE COUNTRY CONCERNED.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ISSUR SEPARATE CIRCULARS ΤΟ INFORM TRADERS SHOULD PRODUCTS ORIGINATING FROM HONG KONG BE EXCLUDED FROM THE REC GSP,

THERE IS