SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1978
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THE GAIN IN RE-EXPORTS TO U.S.A. WAS CAUSED BY AN UPSURGE
IN DELIVERIES OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES
($145 MILLION, + 33 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($60 MILLION, + 68 PER CENT).
THE TRADE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1978 (1973-100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE INDEX UNIT VALUE INDEX QUANTUM INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
176
202
135
131
139
145
(THE TRADE INDEX FOR MARCH WAS 97.)
SHA TIN HOUSING ESTATE TO HAVE ITS OWN MINI COUNTRY PARK+
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THE LATEST HOUSING ESTATE PLANNED FOR SHA TIN WILL HAVE A UNIQUE FEATURE A +MINI COUNTRY PARK+.
THE ESTATE AT TIN SAM WILL BE BUILT AROUND THE WOODED SPUR OF A SLOPE AND THIS SLICE OF COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE RETAINED AS THE FOCAL FEATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE MINI COUNTRY PARK+ WILL ADD 3.4 HECTARES TO THE SPACIOUS 13.5 HECTARE SITE FORMATION OF WHICH IS DUE TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR, ACCORDING TO MR. ROBERT JORDAN, THE ENGINEER (INVESTIGATION) OF THE PWD'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
MR. JORDAN SAID TODAY THE USE OF THE WOODED AREA WOULD GIVE THE TIN SAM ESTATE A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
+THE WOODED AREA WILL BE LEFT IN ITS NATURAL STATE AND THE 28,000 RESIDENTS WHO WILL EVENTUALLY LIVE IN THE ESTATE WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR PASSIVE RECREATION, HE SAID.
+IT WILL CERTAINLY ADD AN ATTRACTIVE NEW DIMENSION TO PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.+
THE ESTATE IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1983.
/APART FROM