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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1980
CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1980 WITH JULY 1979
RE-EXPORT
VALUES
RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES
RE-EXPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 10%
3%
7%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 54%
4%
+ 48%
FUELS
+11%
+ 47%
25%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 48%
+ 10%
+ 35%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 36%
7%
+ 27%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 47%
7%
+ 37%
APART FROM FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF WHICH DECLINED BY 25 PER CENT, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND CAPITAL GOODS ALL SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES.
STEPPED-UP EFFORTS TO PREVENT HILL FIRES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS INTENSIFYING ITS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO WARN THE PUBLIC OF THE HIGH RISK OF COUNTRYSIDE FIRES PARTICULARLY DURING THE PERIOD OF THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL, WHICH IS JUST A WEEK FROM NOW.
FROM TOMORROW, SPECIAL BROADCASTS WILL BE MADE AT REGULAR INTERVALS AT THE HUNG HOM TERMINUS, SHA TIN, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI STATIONS OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC TO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN BURNING JOSS STICKS AND OTHER SACRIFICIAL ITEMS AT GRAVE SITES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SAID TODAY1 +THE BURNING OF JOSS STICKS HAS BEEN A MAJOR CAUSE OF HILL FIRES. THIS MENACE CANNOT BE CONTAINED WITHOUT PUBLIC CO-OPERATION.
+THROUGH THE BROADCASTS, PICNICKERS AND PEOPLE VISITING GRAVES WILL BE REMINDED OF THE NEED TO OBSERVE THE COUNTRY CODE AND TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL, HE NOTED.
THE SPOKESMAN GAVE THE FOLLOWING ADVICE ON PREVENTING HILL FIRES: DON'T LEAVE LIGHTED CANDLES, JOSS STICKS AND JOSS PAPERS UNATTENDED, AND PUT THEM OUT BEFORE LEAVING A GRAVE SITE, RAISE THE ALARM AT ONCE IF YOU SEE ANY SIGN OF FIRE.+
AS PART OF THE STEPPED-UP EFFORTS, THE MOBILE FILM TEAM OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BROADCASTING FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGES AT FERRY PIERS AND BUS TERMINALS IN THE URBAN AREAS SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH.
/IN RURAL