SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980
3.
JAN
OCT
JAN
OCT
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
198
1979
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
SM
3M
SM
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
56 C39 (70,0%)
44 995 (73.6%)
+11 044
+ 24.5
RE-EXPORTS
24 028
16 132
+ 7 896
+ 48.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
80 067
61 127
+18 940
+ 31.0
IMPORTS
89 500
69 309
+20 191 + 29.1
TRADE BALANCE
9 433
8 182
- 1 251
LAST 12 MONTHS
NOV 1979
TO OCT 1980
NOV 1978 TO OCT 1979
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$M
$M
$M
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
66 956
53 124
+13 832
+ 26.0
RE-EXPORTS
27 918
18 757
+ 9 162
+ 48.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
94 874
71 880
+22 994
+ 32.0
IMPORTS
106 028
82 624
+23 404
+ 28.3
TRADE BALANCE
-
11 154
- 10 744
410
SNT CALLS FOR MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY
*******
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND WELFARE GROUPS WERE TODAY URGED TO INCREASE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.
MAKING THE APPEAL WAS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHEN OPENING THE KUN CHUNG TEMPLE AT FANLING.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID IN HONG KONG THE SPAN OF LIFE WAS INCREASING, SOCIAL CUSTOMS WERE CHANGING AND THERE WAS A GREAT NEED TO BUILD CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE OLD.
AT PRESENT THE BUDDHIST PO CHING HOME WAS THE ONLY SUCH INSTITUTION IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES, ALTHOUGH IT WAS EXPECTED THAT OTHERS WOULD BE BUILT AS THE AREA DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
+THIS SPLENDID TEMPLE IS A WORTHLY ADDITION TO THIS FAMOUS INSTITUTION AND WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS DEVOTION FOR THE MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING HERE, HE SAID.
/MR nr