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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1980
HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BANKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE HONG KONG EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ADVISORY BOARD AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. HE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST AND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF BOTH THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET AND THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
UNOFFICIALS REAPPOINTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE
MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MR R.H. LOBO, MR J.H. BREMRIDGE, DR HARRY FANG SIN-YANG, MR LO TAK-SHING, MR FRANCIS TIEN YUAN-HAO, THE REVEREND JOYCE M, BENNETT, MR CHEN' SHOU-LUM, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR HENRY HU HUNG-LICK, THE REVEREND P.T. MCGOVERN, MR PETER C. WONG, MR WONG LAM, DR HO KAM-FAI, MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI, MR D.K. NEWBIGGING AND MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING. THE NEW OFFICIAL MEMBER IS MR GRAHAM BARNES WHO REPLACES MR J.C.C. WALDEN.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE REMAINING SIX UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS RUN UNTIL AUGUST 31 NEXT YEAR. THEY ARE MR LI FOOK-WO, MR ALEX WU SHU-CHIH, DR RAYSON LISUNG HUANG, MR CHARLES YEUNG SIU-CHO, MR WONG PO-YAN AND MR HU FA-KUANG.
THE RETIRING MEMBER IS MR LEUNG TAT-SHING.
SEVEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED. THEY ARE SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MR J.K. BREMRIDGE, MR R.H. LOBO, MR LI FOOK-WO, DR HARRY FANG SIN-YANG AND MR M.G.R. SANDBERG. MR D. AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS ALSO BEEN REAPPOINTED.
MR T.S. LO'S CURRENT APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1982.
ALL REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND THE THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 1).
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JULY 1980. THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS $8 510 MILLION, MADE UP OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $6 087 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $2 423 MILLION. WITH IMPORTS AT $9 193 MILLION, THE VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT WAS $683 MILLION WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT FOR JULY 1979.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1979, THE FOLLOWING INCREASES BY VALUE WERE RECORDED: $913 MILLION, OR 18 PER CENT, FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS- $770 MILLION, OR 47 PER CENT, FOR RE-EXPORTS- 31 682 MILLION, OR 25 PER CENT, FOR TOTAL EXPORTS- AND $1 651 MILLION, OR 22 PER CENT, FOR IMPORTS.
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