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2. Free Zone Development Act No. 8-90, adopted on 10 January 1990.
3. Figures supplied by the Registrar of Associations.
4. Mr. C. Jackson-Smith, speech to ILO Consultation on EPZs, Belize City, 29-31 October 1997.
5. Complaint against the Government of the Philippines presented by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Report No. 302, Case No. 1826.
6. EPZ Authority Ordinance (1980), section 25, and EPZ (Control of Employment) Rules (1982).
7. Act No. 1 of 11 January 1996.
8. Acts No. 2 of February 1996 and No. 3 of 7 January 1997.
9. Decree 1 of January 1996 and Decree 2 of February 1996.
10. Republic Act No. 7916, the Special Economic Zone Act 1995.