THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983
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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $701 MILLION OR 35%), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES AND JEWELLERY) (BY $388 MILLION OR 22%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $307 MILLION OR 11%) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS
BY $252 MILLION OR 22%).
DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $492 MILLION OR 8%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $358 MILLION OR 19%), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $312 MILLION OR 52%).
THE NOVEMBER 1982 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY FEBRUARY 1983 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375),
SHA TIN NEW TOWN VERY IMPRESSIVE
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JENKIN
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SHA TIN NEW TOWN WAS +A VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE SIGHT+, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY, MR PATRICK JENKIN, SAID TODAY.
HE THEN TOOK OUT HIS CAMERA AND CAPTURED THE PANORAMIC VIEW ON FILM.
MR JENKIN FLEW INTO THE NEW TOWN BY HELICOPTER, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOHN DON; THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY, MR GORDON MANZIE, AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR CHRISTIAN ADAMŠ,
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE LIONS PAVILION, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE NEW TOWN, BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (SHA TIN), MR KENNETH KWOK, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER (SHA TIN), MR DONALD TSANG, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE GROWTH, PROGRESS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
MR JENKIN EXPRESSED AMAZEMENT AT THE TREMENDOUS PACE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AND SAID IT WAS A VERY, VERY
IMPRESSIVE SIGHT+.
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