TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1984
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25 UNOFFICIALS TO SPEAK ON BUDGET
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TWENTY-FIVE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE SPEAKING IN THE TWO DAYS OF THE BUDGET DEBATE WHICH RESUMES TOMORROW AND CONTINUES ON THURSDAY.
IN ADDITION, ONE QUESTION WILL BE ASKED BY THE HON ALLEN LEE, WHO WILL WANT TO KNOW IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL INVITE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, TO VISIT HONG KONG, BEFORE AS WELL AS AFTER HIS IMPENDING VISIT TO CHINA.
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AND A MOTION WILL BE MOVED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TO INCREASE THE BETTING DUTY BY AMENDING THE BETTING DUTY ORDINANCE.
SPEAKING TOMORROW WILL BE THE FOLLOWING 13 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS:
DR THE HON HARRY FANG, DR THE HON FRANCIS TIEN, THE HON S.L. CHEN, THE HON LYDIA DUNN, THE REV THE HON PATRICK MCGOVERN, THE HON PETER C. WONG, THE HON WONG LAM, THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, THE HON ALLEN LEE, THE HON ANDREW SO, THE HON F.K. HU AND THE HON WONG PO-YAN.
THE FOLLOWING 12 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL BE SPEAKING ON THURSDAY
THE HON W.C.L. BROWN, THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN, THE HON J.J. SWAINE, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG, THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE MON SELINA CHOW, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, THE HON CHAN YING-LUN, THE HON RITA FAN, THE HON PAULINE NG, THE HON PETER POON, AND THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1984 INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT, OR $1 253 MILLION, OVER FEBRUARY 1983 TO REACH $6 822 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ALSO INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY
48 PER CENT, OR $1 658 MILLION, TO $5 093 MILLION.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS - AT $11 915 MILLION, WAS 32 PER CENT, OR $2 911 MILLION, HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN FEBRUARY WAS $14 748 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 45 PER CENT OR $4 582 MILLION OVER FEBRUARY 1983.
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