-
3
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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1981
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
10 284
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(62.4%)
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN
-
1981
FEB
JAN - FEB
1980
9 128 (70.4%)
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
1 157 +12.7
$ MN.
RE-EXPORTS
6 206
3 835
2 371 +61.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
16 491
12 963
3 528 +27.2
IMPORTS
19 776
15 256
TRADE BALANCE
3 285
2 293
520 +29.6
992
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAR 1980 TO FEB 1981
MAR 1979 TO
FEB 1980
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
69 327
58 754
10 574
+18.0
RE-EXPORTS
32 443
21 218
11 225 +52.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
101 771
79 972
21 799
+27.3
IMPORTS
116 170
90 045
26 125
+29.0
TRADE BALANCE
14 399
10 073
4 326
DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY FOR TSAN YUK HOSPITAL
*****
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO SET UP A PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IN TSAN YUK HOSPITAL AS PART OF A LONG TERM PLAN TO PROVIDE MEDICAL GENETIC SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE MILLION-DOLLAR LABORATORY WITH HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT IS PARTLY FINANCED BY A PRIVATE DONATION OF $500 000 FROM A LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST, MR WỤ CHUNG. THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COST AND THE RECURRENT EXPENDITURE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF THE LABORATORY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IN STARTING THE LABORATORY WAS TO DETECT DURING EARLY PREGNANCY INDICATIONS OF A FOETUS DEVELOPING CONGENITAL DEFECTS SO AS TO TAKE REMEDIAL MEASURES.
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