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To cater for the revision of the origin rule, he said, a new set of certification arrangements would apply for cut and sewn garments effective from the same date.

"The new arrangements are simple to administer and would not pose onerous burdens on local traders and manufacturers," said the spokesman, adding that details of the arrangements have been incorporated in a Certificate of Origin Circular issued today to traders and manufacturers.

To familiarise traders and manufacturers with the new certification arrangements, the Trade Department will be conducting in mid-June a seminar to explain the implementation details of the new arrangements.

Interested traders should contact Mr H K Wu of the department's Certification Branch on 2398 5542 to reserve their seats.

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Law Society meets AG on conveyancing fees

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The President, Vice President and other representatives of the Hong Kong Law Society met the Attorney General, Mr Jeremy Mathews, today (Friday) and presented a position paper setting out the Society's proposals on fees for conveyancing work.

Mr Mathews said he would give their proposals very careful consideration. He would consider whether they were fair to consumers and not anti-competitive, and would take into consideration the considerable public support for the abolition of scale fees.

In February, the Attorney General announced that the Administration would prepare legislation to abolish scale fees for introduction to the Legislative Council this

session.

In the meantime, if the Law Society wanted to come forward with alternative proposals that were fair to consumers and were not anti-competitive, the Administration would give them careful consideration.

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