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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1983
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-APRIL
1983
JAN-APRIL
1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
26 241 (63.1%)
24 041
+2 200
+ 9.2
(62.8%)
RE-EXPORTS
15 323
14 214
+1 109
+ 7.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
41 564
38 255
+3 309
+ 8.6
IMPORTS
47 673
45 711
+1 962 + 4.3
TRADE BALANCE
- 6 109
- 7 456
+1 347
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAY 1982 TO APRIL 1983
MAY 1981 TO APRIL 1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
85 232
82 561
+2 671
+ 3.2
RE-EXPORTS
45 461
43 103
+2 358
+ 5.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
130 693
1.25 664
+5 029
+ 4.0
IMPORTS
144 855
141 618
+3 237
+ 2.3
TRADE BALANCE
-14 162
-15 954
+1 792
CHIEF SECRETARY HEADS FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE
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THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS BEEN RECONSTITUTED, WITH THE CHIEF SECRETARY AS ITS NEW CHAIRMAN.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE AND ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPANDED.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS FORESHADOWED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST MONTH, WHEN HE SAID THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WAS TO BE SOUGHT ON HOW THE VARIOUS EFFORTS OF THE MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME COULD BE MADE COLLECTIVELY MORE EFFECTIVE.
HE SAID