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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994

TRADE IN PRISON LABOUR GOODS NOT PROHIBITED

MR

TH CHÂU,

WHICH

OBLIGATION

FOR TRADE COUNCIL TODAY

THERE IS NO HONG KONG LAW OR INTERNATIONAL WOULD PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OR EXPORT OF GOODS PROCESSED OR MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE BY PRISON LABOUR, THE SECRETARY

INDUSTRY, AND

(WEDNESDAY).

TOLD THE

LEGISLATIVE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM,

RE-EXPORT EXPORT, CHAU SAID HONG KONG'S GENERAL POLICY ON THE

OF IMPORT OF GOODS WAS, PROVIDED THAT THERE WAS NO INFRINGEMENT

GOODS COULD LOCAL LAW OR ANY OF OUR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, TRADED FREELY.

MR

AND ANY

BE

"THE

LABOUR

KONG HONG

OF

TRADE

IN

ON

WHETHER

GOVERNMENT DOES NOT KEEP TRACK

PRISON

IS THEREFORE NO INFORMATION GOODS. THERE SUCH PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE LOCAL MARKET.

THE

"SINCE TRADE ÎN SUCH GOODS IS NOT PROHIBITED IN HONG KONG,

INTO INVESTIGATIONS

SUCH HAS GOVERNMENT

NOT CONDUCTED ANY SPECIAL

FLOW OF SUCH TRADE AND DOES NOT MAINTAIN ANY MEASURES TO STOP THE

MR CHAU SAID. PRODUCTS INTO HONG KONG FOR SALE OR RE-EXPORT,

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THERE IS

A GENERAL POLICY OF

KEEPING

HONG

KONG'S

HOWEVER, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS INFORMED OF THE TRADE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS OF ITS TRADING PARTNERS.

** IN RESPECT OF PRISON LABOUR

HAS GOODS, THE GOVERNMENT

UNDERSTANDS THAT REPEATEDLY INFORMED OUR TRADING COMMUNITY THAT IT

IT IS U.S.

LAWS PROHIBIT THE IMPORT OF PRISON LABOUR GOODS AND THAT

HE ADDED. CHINA'S POLICY TO PROHIBIT THE EXPORT OF SUCH GOODS,

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OXYGEN SUPPLIES REASONABLY PRICED

OXYGEN SUPPLIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT REASONABLE REPRESENT GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY BY CAREFUL PRODUCT EVALUATION, USE OF FAIR AND OPEN TENDER ING PROCEDURES NEGOTIATIONS.

PRICES THAT SOURCING AND AND SKILFUL

THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR DONALD TSANG, EXPRESSED THIS CONFIDENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA'S QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR TSANG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE PRICES OF OXYGEN IN NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIES.

"IN ANY EVENT, PRICE COMPARISONS ARE NOT MEANINGFUL WITHOUT DUE REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AND LOCAL CONDITIONS, HE SAID.

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THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY SPENT $15.3 MILLION IN 1992/93 AND $18.6 MILLION IN 1993/94 TO BUY OXYGEN.

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