MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1980
AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS MEET IN HONG KONG
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DELEGATES TO THE FIFTH AUSTRALASIAN AND PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY SEMINAR BEGAN A TWO-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG TODAY AT THE END OF THEIR REGIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH BEGAN IN CANBERRA LAST MONTH.
THE SEMINAR, ATTENDED BY 28 DELEGATES FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN THE ASIAN, AUSTRALIAN AND THE PACIFIC REGION, OPENED IN CANBERRA ON AUGUST 25 AND HAS INCLUDED SESSIONS IN SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR AND PENANG,
THE SEMINAR BEGAN ITS CLOSING SESSION IN HONG KONG THIS MORNING WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS ON HONG KONG'S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY,
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
THE PARLIAMENTARIANS LATER VISITED SHA TIN NEW TOWN, AND TOURED TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK IN THE AFTERNOON.
THIS EVENING THEY WILL ATTEND AN OFFICIAL RECEPTION BY THE GOVERNOR AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
THE IR VISIT TO SHA TIN BEGAN WITH A BRIEFING BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, ON NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY WERE THEN DRIVEN THROUGH WO CHE AND LEK YUEN ESTATES TO SUI WO COURT, A MAJOR HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROJECT, WHERE THEY WERE MET BY SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HAŠE, AND SHA TIN PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK.
FROM A VANTAGE POINT AT SUI WO COURT, THE PARTY WERE GIVEN FURTHER DETAILS OF PLANS TO DEVELOP SHA TÍN INTO A 'GARDEN CITY' OF THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
ALL THE MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT WERE POINTED OUT TO THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT THE NEW TOWN FOR LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE, MR AKERS-JONES'S HOME.
ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORT TRADE IN JANUARY TO JUNE
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THE RE-EXPORT TRADE OF HONG KONG SHOWED A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, WITH AN INCREASE OF 44 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.
A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR THE HALF YEAR WAS RELEASED TODAY EY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
EXPORTS BY
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