SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1981
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS EY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW:
CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1981 WITH FEBRUARY 1930
RE-EXPORT
VALUES
RE-EXPORT VOLUMES
RE-EXPORT
UNIT VALUES
FOODSTUFFS
+125%
+ 8%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 50%
+ 5%
FLELS
+ 10%
+41%
RAW MATERIALS AND
+ 60%
+13%
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 87%
+11%
+ 61%
+ 99€
+107% + 43%
22% + 41%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 69%
+ 475c
APART FROM FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF WHICH DECLINED BY 22 FF CENT, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUMES OF THE MAJOR END-USE CATEGORIES DIED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, RANGING FROM 41 PER CENT FOR RAW ATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 107 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.
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FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS PAY OFF
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DAMAGE CAUSED BY HILL FIRES ON THE COUNTRYSIDE IN THE LAST DRY SEASON WAS MUCH REDUCED, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
BETWEEN LAST SEPTEMBER AND APRIL THIS YEAR, 281 HILL FIRES WERE ATTENDED, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 36 PER CENT COMPARED WITH LAST SEASON. DAMAGE TO WOODLANDS WAS REDUCED TO 116 HECTARES, AS AGAINST 971 HECTARES IN 79/80.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN PREVENTING AND FIGHTING HILL FIRES HAD UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE PERIOD WHEN THE COUNTRYSIDE WAS MOST VULNERABLE TO FIRE.
HE RECALLED THAT A COUNTRYSIDE FIRES COMMITTEE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WAS FORMED AS A RESULT OF THE MANY HILL FIRES WHICH DAMAGED THOUSANDS OF TREES IN TAI LAM DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD IN 1979.
AFTER IT WAS SET UP, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDED AN OVERALL STRATEGY AND ORGANISATION OF EFFORTS FOR PREVENTING AND FIGHTING COUNTRYSIDE FIRES.
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FOUR PROBLEM AREAS BARBECUE FIRES, BURNING-OFF OF VEGETATION, GRAVE WORSHIPPING AND FLYING OF HUNG MING LANTERNS WERE SINGLED OUT. A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WAS DRAWN UP TO TACKLE THEM.
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