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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1993

A TOTAL OF 2,104 STRUCTURES WITH A POPULATION OF WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

ELIGIBLE OCCUPIERS

4,500 PEOPLE

OFFERED EX-GRATIA REMOVAL ALLOWANCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT POLICY.

WILL BE REHOUSED AND

ALSO BE PAID TO DISPLACED

EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES CULTIVATORS WHERE APPROPRIATE.

WILL

A PLAN

SHOWING

THE EXTENT

OF

HARBOUR FLOOR,

RESUMPTION DISTRICT OFFICE, BUILDING, 38

IS

OF THE AREA AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

GROUND

APEC DEVELOPMENT REFLECTS REGION'S DYNAMIC CHARACTER

THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER, TODAY

TIME) DESCRIBED HAWAII

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASIA-PACIFIC OF THE REGION'S CO-OPERATION (APEC) AS A VIVID REFLECTION OUTWARD-LOOKING ECONOMIC CHARACTER.

(FRIDAY, ECONOMIC DYNAMIC,

"THE KEY TO THIS NEW CONFIDENCE IS GROWTH. THE ASIA-PACIFIC IN THE WORLD. TRADE REGION IS GROWING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER REGION

ATLANTIC A DECADE AGO ACROSS THE PACIFIC OVERTOOK TRADE ACROSS THE AND CONTINUES TO SURGE AHEAD, HE SAID.

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SPEAKING AT AN APEC SEMINAR, MR MILLER HIGHLIGHTED THE WAYS WHICH APEC COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER GROWTH.

IN

APEC CAN HELP TO ENHANCE AN ALREADY OPEN AND ENVIRONMENT BY:

DYNAMIC ECONOMIC

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HARMONISING STANDARDS;

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IDENTIFYING INVESTMENT;

AND

REMOVING

ANY

ΤΟ IMPEDIMENTS

TRADE AND

STREAMLINING CUSTOMS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES;

IMPROVING AND AUTOMATING THE INTERCHANGE OF OFFICIAL DATA.

"THESE ARE ALL

PRACTICAL

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EXAMPLES OF WAYS OF FACILITATING

TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS, HE SAID.

CO-OPERATION WAS A VITAL

MR MILLER EMPHASISED THAT REGIONAL COMPLEMENT TO MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE GATT.

"GATT NEGOTIATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIBERALISING WORLD FREE TRADE DEPENDS ON MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON THE REMOVAL OF AND NON-TARIFF BARRIERS.

TRADE.

TARIFF

/"BUT THERE