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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1974
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REVIEW OF OVERSEAS TIVADE” ÎN 1973
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THE +HONG KONG REVIEW OF OVERSEAS TRADE II 1973+ WHICH LOOKS INTO THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE OF LAST YEAR WAS ISSUED TODAY.
IT CONTAINS EIGHT GRAPHS AND 23 STATISTICAL APPENDICES SHOWING THE SITUATION OF THE OVERSEAS TRADE WITH COMPARATIVE. FIGURES OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THE REVIEW ATTEMPTED TO PRESENT. A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION AND DIRECTION OF TRADE. LAST YEAR.
+ESTIMATES OF CHANGES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND 1:PORTS IN QUANTITY TERMS, AS WELL AS THE RESPECTIVE PRICE CHANCES, DY HONG KONG'S MAJOR MARKETS AND SUPPLIERS ARE ALSO PUELISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
+THESE ESTIMATES, IN THE FORMS OF UNIT VALUS AND QUANTUM INDEX NUMBERS, ARE USEFUL IN STUDIES SUCH AS THE ANALYSIS OF HONG KONG'S PERFORMANCE IN HER MAJOR EXPORT HARKETS, AND THE CHANGES IN IMPORT COSTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND FOODSTUFFS AS A RESULT OF THE WORLD-WIDE INFLATION AND CURRENCY RE-ALIGIMENTS,+ HE ADDED.
COPIES OF THIS REVIEW ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG, AT $6.00 PER COPY.
WORKERS RIGHTS TO TRADE UNION MENDERSHIP.
A DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, ENTITLED THE EMPLOYMENT CAMENDMENT) (NO. 32 BILL, 1974, IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PRIOR TO SUDMISSION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IT ENDORSES THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT, AS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE. TO ORGANISE TRADE UNIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THAT ORDINANCE.
THE AMENDMENT GIVES STATUTORY PROTECTION TO AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHTS TO BELONG TO A UNION REGISTERED UNDER THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE- TAKE PART IN ITS ACTIVITIES AT APPROPRIATE TIMES= ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER PERSONS IN FÖRMING AND SEEKING REGISTRATION OF SUCH A BODY AND NOT TO BE HANDICAPPED IN GETTING EMPLOYMENT OR STAYING IN EMPLOYMENT BY REASON OF MEMBERSHIP OF A BODY REGISTERED UNDER THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE.
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