TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1984
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UMELCO DOCUMENT ON FUTURE TO BE TABLED
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A STATEMENT WILL BE MADE BY DR THE HON HARRY FANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW ON THE UMELCO DOCUMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, WHICH WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 29.
THE DOCUMENT WILL ALSO BE TABLED AT THE MEETING,
THERE WILL ALSO BE A STATEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, ON CHANGES TO THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE.
TWELVE QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON A VAR IETY OF MATTERS. THESE QUESTIONS WILL INCLUDE THE USE OF STEROID INJECTIONS BY ACUPUNCTURISTS, THE KCR TRAIN INCIDENTS, WARNING ON THE USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, THE STATUS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF CHIROPRACTORS, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR HALF-WAY HOMES FOR EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AND DISCHARGED PRISONERS IN HOUSING ESTATES.
A NEW BILL, THE HOUSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, WILL BE READ A SECOND TIME. IT SEEKS TO REMOVE A LIMITATION ON HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
AND DEBATE WILL RESUME ON THE MEDICAL CLINICS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, WHICH IS DUE FOR COMMITTEE STAGE AND FINAL READING.
THIRD QUARTER EXPORT STATISTICS RELEASED
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IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PLASTIC
PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METAL PRODUCTS, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 87 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE
OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
THESE SIX INDUSTRIES ALSO RECORDED THE LARGEST EXPORT INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983: WEARING APPAREL ROSE BY $2 274 MILLION, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS BY $2 135 MILLION, TEXTILES BY $1 909 MILLION, PLASTIC PRODUCTS BY $1 607 MILLION, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT BY $369 MILLION, AND METAL PRODUCTS BY $291 MILLION.
/IN RELATIVE .............