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Noting that they are now supported by a wide range of well-founded institutions and associations, Dr Reed said: "These all represent an assurance of continuing lively professional activity and development in the environment field."
Turning to cross-border pollution problems, Dr Reed said that to be able to tackle this type of problem, Hong Kong would have to develop close links and confidence between environmental professionals, and others working in the field, in the various geographical areas concerned.
"I think again we can be optimistic in facing problems caused by cross-border pollution, which comes from both directions, because we have established such an excellent working relationship with the environmental authorities in both Guangdong and Shenzhen," he said.
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Consultations with Turkey on textiles restrictions
Hong Kong will hold two-day consultations with Turkey in Geneva tomorrow (Tuesday) and on Wednesday over the imposition of unilateral quantitative restrictions by Turkey on the imports of certain textiles and clothing products from Hong Kong, the Trade Department announced today (Monday).
"The Hong Kong Government considers that the unilateral quantitative restrictions imposed by Turkey are inconsistent with the principles of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)," said the Deputy Director-General of Trade, Mrs Rebecca Lai, who will lead the Hong Kong delegation to the consultations.
"While taking the opportunity of the consultations to seek clarification from Turkey on the legal and factual bases for such quantitative restrictions against textiles and clothing products from Hong Kong, we would urge Turkey to rescind its unilateral action and to explore other alternatives which are consistent with the GATT and the ATC."
Mrs Lai said important principles were at stake in this case although the volume of Hong Kong trade affected was small.
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