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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994

UNFAIR

IN ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF PROMOTING THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS CONSUMERS, MR CHAU SAID IT WAS INTENDED THAT MORE RESOURCES WOULD PROVIDED ΤΟ THE

THE COUNCIL ENABLE CONSUMER COUNCIL SO AS TO TRADE PRACTICES AND TO GIVE EXAMINE CONSUMERS.

LEGAL

OF

BE

то

ADVICE TO

THE

"WE WILL BE SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN THE HAND OF CONSUMERS VARIETY OF WAYS, BY MAKING IT EASIER TO OBTAIN LEGAL REDRESS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSUMER LEGAL ACTION FUND."

IN A THROUGH

ON ASPECTS RELATING TO IMPROVING THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL BE INTRODUCED PROPERTY RIGHTS, MR CHAU SAID A SERIES OF BILLS WOULD INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

FORWARD

EXAMPLES ARE THE PATENT BILL WHICH IS AIMED TO BE PUT TO THE LEGCO IN THE 1994/95 SESSION AND THE TRADE MARKS BILL WHICH EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1995.

HONG

CHAU

IS

MARKETS FOR IN SECURING THE FREEST POSSIBLE ACCESS TO WORLD

MR

SAID

YEARS OF HARD KONG'S EXPORTS,

AFTER MANY

HONG KONG HAD NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW MULTILATERAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS,

ACCEPTED

ΤΟ FORMALLY

THE

ESTABLISH THE WORLD AGREEMENT ORGANISATION (WTO) IN 1995; AND WOULD BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WTO WHEN IT WAS SET UP, MOST PROBABLY ON JANUARY 1, 1995.

"THE

SETTING UP

THE OF THE WTO AND

TRADE THE

OF THE

IMPLEMENTATION URUGUAY ROUND RESULTS IS A MATTER OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG.

THAN

SAFEGUARD

"BECAUSE HONG KONG IS SUCH A SMALL ECONOMY, WE RELY MORE OTHER ECONOMIES ON THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM TO OUR EXTERNAL TRADE INTERESTS.

MANY

OF THE URUGUAY

"WE WILL NEED TO GUARD AGAINST THE BENEFITS ROUND BEING ERODED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS RESULTS DISGUISED PROTECTIONISM BEING PROMOTED UNDER THE WTO."

DURING THIS MORNING'S

VISIT TO THE HONG

AND AGAINST

KONG PRODUCTIVITY THE COUNCIL ΤΟ COUNCIL,

WAS SHOWN THE LATEST PROJECTS OF MR CHAU ENHANCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET COMPETITIVENESS OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY.

MAJOR PROJECTS SYMBOLIC OF BUILDING BOOM

THE MANY

SYMBOLIC

SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, TODAY (TUESDAY) THE

MAJOR PROJECTS

WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION UPCOMING PUBLIC SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING BOOM.

BRANCH'S

SAID

OF AN

POLICY

AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION ON THE WORKS COMMITMENTS, MR BLAKE POINTED OUT THAT THE BUDGETTED EXPENDITURE ON NON-AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS IN 1994/95 YEAR WAS $11 BILLION, A REAL INCREASE OF MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE FIGURE FOR LAST YEAR,

/THE FORECAST

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