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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $72 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $185 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $2 671 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $1 122 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $1 106 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $841 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $642 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT).
THE DECEMBER 1981 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER 1981, WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY MARCH AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY
BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).
$79-MILLION ROAD CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $79-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER SECTION OF TRUNK ROAD FROM YUEN CHAU KOK TO THE NORTHEAST OF WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR BOSCO KEOWN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND MR D.A. MORRIS OF GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED.
MR KEOWN SAID THE NEW TRUNK ROAD, FORMING PART OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY NETWORK WITHIN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, WOULD HELP EASE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
+ IT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT WITH THE SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL ROAD AND FORM PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE, PROVIDING A MAIN ROAD LINK BETWEEN KOWLOON AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR CROSSING OVER THE SHING MUN RIVER, ONE KILOMETRE OF DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY SOUTH OF THE RIVER CROSSING, TWO SUBWAYS, A FOOTPATH/CYCLETRACK SYSTEM ALONGSIDE THE TRUNK ROAD AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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