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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1993

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URUGUAY ROUND IS FACED WITH ITS FIRST REAL DEADLINE, ADDED. "IF THE DETAILS OF AN AGREEMENT ARE NOT REPORTED TO THE CONGRESS BY DECEMBER 15, THE GAME IS OVER. I SIMPLY CANNOT SEE U.S. CONGRESS EXTENDING THE PRESIDENT'S NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY AGAIN.

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MR MILLER ALSO COMMENTED ON TEXTILES ISSUES.

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"OUR TALKS WITH THE VISITING U.S. CHIEF TEXTILE NEGOTIATOR TEAM LAST WEEK WENT WELL, HE SAID. "WE EMPHASISED COMMITMENT TO COMBATING FRAUDULENT TRANSHIPMENT AND SHOWED THEM SYSTEM. THEY SEEMED IMPRESSED, PARTICULARLY SO BY THE NEW TEXTILES TRADER REGISTRATION SCHEME WE INTRODUCED ON JULY 1."

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"THE NEW SCHEME HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY A GREAT MANY TRADERS, IT MR MILLER ADDED. 'ABOUT 18,000 HAVE REGISTERED SO FAR. IT INVOLVES SHIPPERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS IN SOME EXTRA WORK. NOT EASY WE KNOW. BUT THE FACT IS, THE NEW SCHEME IS PROVING A VERY VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG'S COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY."

MR MILLER ENDED HIS SPEECH ON AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE:

"I HAVE NEVER KNOWN HONG KONG WITHOUT SOME DAUNTING CHALLENGES AHEAD; CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION TODAY. BUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ARE TREMENDOUS.

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"A RECENT ARTICLE ON HONG KONG'S PROSPECTS BY THE FORMER EDITOR THE TIMES, LORD REES MOGG, REPRODUCED IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST RANG TRUE FOR ME. AND ITS HEADLINE IS THE THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY: 'THIS WILL BE THE RICHEST CITY THE WORLD SERN', HE SAID.

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POPULATION FIGURE UPDATES

THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR WAS 5,919,000, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 107,500 PERSONS OR 1.8 PER OVER MID-1992 WHEN THE ESTIMATED POPULATION WAS 5,811,500.

BETWEEN MID-1992 AND MID-1993, THERE WERE 72,400 29,900 DEATHS IN HONG KONG. THE BALANCE OF BIRTHS AND AMOUNTED TO 42,500.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE BALANCE OF TOTAL DEPARTURES SHOWED A NET INFLOW OF 65,000 PERSONS.

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