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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994

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HK'S TRADE POLICY TO BE PRESENTED IN GENEVA

PRACTICES WILL BE A REPORT ON HONG KONG'S TRADE POLICIES AND

AND ON TARIFFS

TRADE (GATT) PRESENTED TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT

LED BY DELEGATION

THE DEPUTY BY COUNCIL IN GENEVA SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MRS REGINA IP.

A GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS

MRS IP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY INDUSTRY BRANCH AND THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.

FROM THE TRADE AND

AND 6, 13 PART THE PRESENTATION, TO TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 5

DESIGNED OF THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM UNDER THE GATT WHICH IS

POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF TO PROMOTE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE TRADE ITS MEMBERS.

ΤΟ THE

HONG KONG, WHICH HAS BEEN A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY

EVERY FOUR YEARS. GATT SINCE 1986, IS REVIEWED UNDER THIS MECHANISM THE LAST REVIEW OF HONG KONG WAS CONDUCTED IN 1990.

THE WORLD OUR RELIANCE WAY то STIMULATE GROWTH

"HONG KONG HAS ONE OF THE FREEST TRADING REGIMES IN AND WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SHARE WITH OTHER GATT MEMBERS ON FREE TRADE AND OPEN MARKETS AS THE BEST AND PRODUCTIVITY," MRS IP SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

GOVERNMENT IN

POLICIES AND PRACTICES, NEEDS OF THE EXTERNAL

"THE REVIEW WILL COVER A REPORT PREPARED BY THE JULY ON THE FULL RANGE OF HONG KONG'S TRADE

DEVELOPMENT AND AGAINST THE WIDER ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, SHE EXPLAINED.

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PREPARED

BY A

TEAM FROM THE GATT A REPORT HAS ALSO BEEN

TO UNDERTAKE SECRETARIAT WHO VISITED THE TERRITORY EARLIER THIS YEAR

POLICIES AND PRACTICES, AND AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF HONG KONG'S TRADE ITS ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.

IN GENEVA

"IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING BOTH REPORTS, THE MEETING WILL ASSESS THE IMPACT OF HONG KONG'S TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES

MRS IP SAID. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM,

ON

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JUDGES SHOULD TAKE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION: CJ

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, HAS TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED ON JUDGES TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION.

IN DELIVERING

AU HIS INAUGURAL LECTURE FOR THE ERIC

MEMORIAL THE LECTURES THIS AFTERNOON, SIR TI LIANG SAID: "WE HAVE TO TRANSFORM ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SIDE OF OUR COURTS WITHIN A SHORT TIME, INITIATING FROM A RELATIVELY PASSIVE INERT STRUCTURE, INTO AN ACTIVE, ORGANISATION UNIT.

ACTIONS

"JUDGES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE THE INITIATIVES AND

WILL WHICH

ADVANCE THE COURT'S CASEFLOW MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEM SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY,

ADMINISTRATIVE HE STRESSED.

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/SIR TI