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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2013-02-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>China Trade Links</name>
      <text id="20130205541097266a564829a0000243">
        <heading>CHINA TRADE LINKS</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
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          <question date="2013-02-05">
            <name>CHINA TRADE LINKS</name>
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        <startTime time="2013-02-05T14:50:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:50):</by>  Supplementary question: when will the establishments or shops, as the minister called them in her original announcement, open?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations</electorate>
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          <question date="2013-02-05">
            <name>CHINA TRADE LINKS</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:50):</by>  As I said, it shows just how ignorant, out of touch and naive the Hon. David Ridgway is. What China is doing is looking to attract investors to build these establishments that look on two levels at introducing food, health and safety standards and processing those. Also, there are retail opportunities, both wholesale and retail. There are no time frames set as yet. It is a huge project, as I outlined, and negotiations are well underway.</text>
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