In brief

Press, 1 April 1989, Page 8

In brief

Sales appointment The Christchurch Town Hall has appointed Ms Jacqui Flynn as its new sales executive. She was a New Zealand water polo representative from 1979 to 1984 and a trombonist with the New Zealand Youth Brass Band. Ms Flynn was previously Wellington sales coordinator for the Tourist Hotel Corporation. Trade with Dallas? New Zealand will set up trade representation offices in Dallas and Chicago. New Zealand exports $1.7 billion of products to the United States. The Minister of External Relations and Trade, Mr Moore, said yesterday that the market had yet to be fully tapped. He hoped the two offices would be able to encourage New Zealand companies to trade with the wealthy south and mid-west of the United States. Until now New Zealand’s trade offices in the United States have always been on the western and eastern seaboards. — PA. Pay equity opposed The Employers’ Federation plans to distribute 15,000 colour pamphlets opposing pay equity. The federation’s communications director, Mr Andy Gregory, said the pamphlets would be sent to politicians, trade unions, the news media, employers and others. They aimed to explain the problems the federation saw in the issue. — PA. GST rise attacked GST should be removed from the New Zealand content of tourism packages sold overseas, the Opposition spokesman on tourism, Mr Warren Cooper, said yesterday. He said New Zealand hoteliers, restaurateurs and airlines had all heavily discounted their prices in most regions “but a listless tourism industry looks lost in the wilderness. To compound the difficulties confronting the industry we now have a 25 per cent increase in GST. Dumping an additional tax burden on Australian, Japanese and Americans considering holiday destination options is applied stupidity.” — PA. BMW prices cut New Zealand’s biggest importer of luxury cars, BMW New Zealand, Ltd, has cut the price of its 28 models an average 4.5 per cent, in response to the Government’s reduction in import duty. BMW prices start at $38,950 for the 316 i two-door manual model. — PA. Woman dies in crash A woman was killed instantly when the car she was driving and a truck collided head-on on Lower Styx Road about 1.30 p.m. yesterday. Her name was not available last evening. She was the only person in the car. The driver of the truck escaped injury.