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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR MAY 1980 (1973 FOLLOWS:
=
100) WERE AS
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
368
177
IMPORTS
391
181
QUANTUM
INDEX
208
216
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE UNIT VALUE INDEX FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THAT FOR IMPORTS, FOR MAY 1980 WAS 98.
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+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+, A REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JUNE, 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $3 A COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND WILL ALSO DE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE AT $10 A COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SALES OF PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, ICE HOUSE STREET, HONG KONG (TEL NO 5-214375).
MORE STUDENTS OPTING FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
*****
MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THAN EVER BEFORE ARE NOW EAGER TO JO IN TECHNICA. INSTITUTE COURSES AS THE IMAGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR DAN WATERS SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE REGULAR LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG+, MR WATERS SAID THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR EVERY SINGLE POST-FORM V FULL-TIME PLACE IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES HAD JUMPED FROM 4.5 IN 1975 TO 10.4 IN SEPTEMBER 1979.
+CRAFT LEVEL COURSES HAVE NEVER BEEN QUITE SO POPULAR AS TECHNICIAN COURSES. HOWEVER, IN 1975 WE HAD 2.6 QUAL IF IÉD APPLICANTS FOR EVERY SINGLE FULL-TIME CRAFT LEVEL PLACE. BY SEPTEMBER 1979 THIS FIGURE HAD INCREASED TO 3.6, HE ADDED,
/RECALLING THE