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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1978
IN ADDITION, IMPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES ($657 MILLION, +47 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($562 MILLION, +41 PER CENT) OBSERVED SIZEABLE INCREASES.
RE-EXPORT ACTIVITIES CONTINUED TO DISPLAY REMARKABLE GROWTH IN VIEW OF STRONG DEMANDS FROM JAPAN ($996 MILLION, +39 PER CENT), SINGAPORE ($640 MILLION, +29 PER CENT) INDONESIA ($619 MILLION, +63 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. ($549 MILLION, +36 PER CENT).
THE FAVOURABLE DEMAND FOR RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATED MAINLY IN PEARLS, SEMI-PRECIOUS AND PRECIOUS STONES ($844 MILLION, +53 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($412 MILLION, +29 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($304 MILLION, +27 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($247 MILLION, +33 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES ($136 MILLION, +126 PER CENT).
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR APRIL 1978 WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE INDEX
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
QUANTUM INDEX
(1973 = 100)
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
187
135
139
IMPORTS
206
140
147
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR APRIL WAS 96.
ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOLS FURTHER STREAMLINED
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG SCHOOLS, WHICH WAS RE-ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT A YEAR AGO, HAS BEEN FURTHER STREAMLINED TO IMPROVE CONTACTS AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION WITH SUPERVISORS, HEADS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT IN THE ORIGINAL RE-ORGANISATION, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1977, THE TERRITORY WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES -- TO ENABLE THE THEN NEWLY-FORMED SCHOOLS DIVISION TO CARRY OUT ITS ADMINISTRATION TASKS.
EACH OF THE THREE REGIONS WAS LOOKED AFTER BY A TEAM OF MEN AND WOMEN HEADED BY AN OFFICER-IN-CHARGE. THE REGIONS WERE SUB-DIVIDED INTO AREAS, EACH UNDER THE CHARGE OF A SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER. THE AREAS, IN TURN, WERE FURTHER SPLIT INTO DISTRICTS CONTROLLED BY A DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER.
THE SPOKESMAN