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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1993

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CONTROLS ON TEXTILES TRANSHIPMENT TIGHTENED

CARRIERS AND FORWARDERS ENGAGED IN TEXTILES TRANSHIPMENT BUSINESS ARE URGED TO JOIN THE TEXTILES TRADER REGISTRATION SCHEME (TTRS) NEWLY INTRODUCED BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR KEVIN HO, TOLD A HONG KONG EXPORTERS' ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO EXEMPTION SCHEME WOULD NO LONGER APPLY TO TEXTILES GOODS STARTING FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR.

TEXTILES PRODUCTS, AND

"WITH THE CHANGING TRADING PATTERN IN IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR GOOD REPUTATION AND THE INTEGRITY OF HONG KONG'S CONTROL REGIME, WE MUST BE SEEN то BE DOING OUR BEST ΤΟ SAFEGUARD OUR ORIGIN RULES AND OUR EXPORT QUOTAS.

"INSTEAD OF USING THE EXEMPTION SCHEME, CARRIERS AND FORWARDERS HANDLING TEXTILES THROUGH CARGO BUSINESS SHOULD REGISTER UNDER TTRS, AND SUBMIT TRANSHIPMENT NOTIFICATIONS ΤΟ COVER EACH CONSIGNMENT THAT THEY HANDLE, MR HO SAID.

HE ADMITTED THAT THE NEW SCHEME DEMANDED MORE WORK CARRIERS AND FORWARDERS THAN THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PERFORM CURRENT EXEMPTION SCHEME.

FOR

UNDER

THE

ARE CONTROL OVER PROTECT THE

"HOWEVER, IT WAS EXACTLY THOSE EXTRA DETAILS THAT WE PROVIDED UNDER THE NEW TTRS WHICH ENABLE US TO TIGHTEN THESE TEXTILES CONSIGNMENTS. AND WE ARE DETERMINED ΤΟ GOOD NAME OF HONG KONG," HE SAID.

THEY COULD

EXPEDITIOUS

THE CARRIERS AND FORWARDERS WERE ASSURED THAT CONTINUE TO ENJOY UNDER TTRS THE BENEFITS OF SMOOTH AND FLOW OF THROUGH CARGO ARRANGEMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED UNDER THE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO EXEMPTION SCHEME.

то HANDLE WOULD INCREASE. BUT THIS MUCH BETTER POSITION TO UPHOLD THE

THE PAPERWORK THEY HAD WOULD PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN A INTEGRITY OF HONG KONG'S CONTROL SYSTEM.

MR HO SAID: "WHEN VIEWED IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF KONG'S IMAGE OVERSEAS AND THE OVERALL INTEREST TEXTILES TRADE, IT IS ONLY A SMALL PRICE TO PAY.

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UPKEEPING HONG OF HONG KONG'S

LICENCE

ACCORDING TO MR HO, A TOTAL OF 3.8 MILLION APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE NOW COVERED UNDER TTRS, WERE MADE BY TRADERS LAST YEAR.

"IF ALL THESE TRADERS SHOULD OPT TO JOIN THE TTRS, AND ALL OF THEM ARE ELIGIBLE, ALL THESE 3.8 MILLION LICENCE APPLICATIONS WILL DISAPPEAR. THERE IS NO MORE WAITING FOR LICENCE APPLICATIONS ΤΟ BE APPROVED.

/"THE TRADERS