TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1981-
LABOUR MP VISITS FRUIT MARKET
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THE VISITING LABOUR MP, THE RT HON PETER SHORE, TOURED THE WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET IN WESTERN THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR DENIS BRAY, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, AND MR GRAHAM BARNES, DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY MR A.R. CLARK, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (HK) AND MR EDDY CHAN, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN).
BEFORE STARTING ON HIS TOUR, MR SHORE WAS BRIEFED BY MR CHAN ON THE HISTORY OF THE WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET AND ITS DAILY OPERATIONS.
MR SHORE WAS TOLD THAT THE WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET WILL MOVE TO A SITE IN WESTERN RECLAMATION STAGE ONE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, AND THE EXISTING SITE WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND REDEVELOPED.
MR SHORE ALSO VISITED THE NEARBY WESTERN MARKET, WHERE HE SPOKE TO SEVERAL STALL OPERATORS.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
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PETER SHORE TO MEET THE MEDIA ****
THE RT. HON. PETER SHORE, LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, WILL MEET THE MEDIA IN THE GIS THEATRE AT 4.45 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE COVERED. TV CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY TO SET UP THE IR EQUIPMENT.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL 1981
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S VISIBLE TRADE IN APRIL 1981.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS FOR APRIL WAS $9 172 MILLION, MADE UP OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $5 844 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $3 328 MILLION. WITH IMPORTS AT $11 398 MILLION, THE VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT FOR APRIL WAS $2 226 MILLION.
COMPARED WITH APRIL 1980, THERE WERE THE FOLLOWING INCREASES BY VALUE: $455 MILLION OR 8.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $1 026 MILLION OR 44.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, $1 481 MILLION OR 19.3 PER CENT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS AND $1 861 MILLION OR 19.5 PER CENT FOR
IMPORTS.
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