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IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT, 91 PER CENT OF THE INWARD SEABORNE CARGO WAS SEABORNE IMPORTS, AND 9 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT. FOR OUTWARD SHIPMENTS, THE PERCENTAGES WERE 65 PER CENT AND 35 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (23 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (18 PER CENT) AND CHINA (15 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE U.S.A. (20 PER CENT), TAIWAN (14 PER CENT) AND CHINA (9 PER CENT). TRANSHIPMENT CARGOES WERE MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA (36 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (23 PER CENT), FOR TRANSHIPMENT TO THE U.S.A. (16 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (8 PER CENT) AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES.
THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG BY SEA WERE PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (24 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (16 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS (INCLUDING CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER) (14 PER CENT).
SEABORNE EXPORTS OF HONG KONG WERE MORE DIVERSIFIED, THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES BEING CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (15 PER CENT), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PÉTROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (7 PER CENT).
THESE STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL
DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP MASTERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS, AND FROM CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SHIPPING STATISTICS COVER OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT, ON A FULL ENUMERATION BASIS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A 20 PER CENT SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS WAS USED FOR COMPILING PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS
IN 1983.
MORE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ QUARTERLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1983, ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
STRAY DOG WAS RABID ***
A STRAY DOG WHICH WAS KILLED BY VILLAGERS AFTER A FIGHT WITH FOUR OTHER DOGS LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN TONG FONG TSUEN HAU, NEAR THE BORDER FENCE AT TA KWU LING, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE RABID.
NO PERSON IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY THE RABID DOG.
THE FOUR OTHER DOGS WERE LATER SURRENDERED BY THEIR OWNERS TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FOR OBSERVATION.
ALL OTHER DOGS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR ANTI-RABIES VACCINATION RECORDS, AND GIVEN BOOSTER SHOTS WHERE NEEDED.
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