TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980
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WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, PURCHASES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED AN UPWARD TREND. NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES (+ 69%), COTTON YARN AND THREAD (+ 68%), RAW COTTON (+ 59%), WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK (+ 33%) AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES + 29%).
FOR CAPITAL GOODS, REMARKABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+ 91 %), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+ 29%) AND OFFICE MACHINES (+ 29%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR END-USE CATEGORIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AGAINST SAME PERIOD IN 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWSE-
RE-EXPORT
VALUES
RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES
RE-EXPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 14%
9%
5%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 38%
8%%
+ 28%
FUELS
+ 22%
+ 58%
22%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 57%
+ 15%
+ 36%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 44%
+ 13%
+ 27%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 44%
+ 12%
+ 29%
APART FROM FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF WHICH DECLINED BY 22 PER CENT, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUMES OF CONSUMER GOODS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND CAPITAL GOODS ALL SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES (AT 28%, 36% AND 27% RESPECTIVELY).
TECHNICAL EDUCATION CHIEF RETIRES
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THE MAN WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS FINALLY CALLING IT A DAY AFTER 26 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
HE IS DERIC DANIEL WATERS, BETTER KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AS DAN, WHO RETIRES AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), A POST WHICH HE HELD SINCE APRIL, 1974.
AT 60,
DAN IS STILL AS SPRIGHTLY AS EVER, KEEPING HIMSELF FIT WALKING AND JOGGING SEVERAL MILES A DAY. HE PRACTISES YOGA AND IS A KARATE BLACK-BELT HOLDER.
/DAN WILL