MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 316 MILLION OR 52%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $752 MILLION OR 67%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $702 MILLION OR 66%), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $612 MILLION OR 148%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $565 MILLION OR 100%), CLOTHING (BY $560 MILLION OR 67%), AND NON-FERROUS METAL {BY $261 MILLION OR 90%).
+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, A REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $3 A COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE AT $10.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SALES OF PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).
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DAB MEMBERS LEARN HOW RIVER GETS NEW LIFE ******
TEN MEMBERS OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD TODAY LEARNED HOW HUNG SHUT KIU RIVER, WHICH RUNS IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS, WAS GIVEN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
THE MEMBERS TOURED SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE 4.7 KILOMETRE RIVER AND WERE IMPRESSED BY THE PAINSTAKING EFFORTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN FREEING THE STREAM COURSE OF POLLUTION.
THEY WERE TOLD BY MR CHAN WING-CHEUK, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF YUEN LONG WHO ACCOMPANIED THEM ON THE TOUR, THAT MORE THAN 300 LORRY-LOADS OF REFUSE, JUNK AND SOLID FARM WASTE WERE REMOVED FROM THE RIVER DURING A CLEAN-UP OPERATION BETWEEN LAST SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER.
MR CHAN SAID SOME 350 PIG AND POULTRY FARMS OPERATING ALONG THE RIVER BANKS NOW MADE USE OF THE FARM WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE NTSD AND MORE AND MORE VILLAGERS WERE NOW LEAVING THEIR GARBAGE WITH THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS SPECIALLY SET UP FOR THEM.
HE STRESSED THAT ONLY THROUGH A GREATER PUBLIC COOPERATION COULD THE CLEANLINESS OF THE RIVER BE EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED FROM DETERIORATING AGAIN.
HE URGED RURAL LEADERS TO BRING HOME THE MESSAGE TO THEIR FELLOW VILLAGERS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE RIVER CLEAN AS TO DROP THEIR HABIT OF DISCHARGING AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND REFUSE INTO THE STREAM.
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