WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1985
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LAST 12 MONTHS
MARCH 1984 TO FEBRUARY 1985
MARCH 1983 TO
FEBRUARY 1984
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
140 869
110 010
+30 859
+28.1
RE-EXPORTS
88 831
60 209
+28 622
+47.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
229 700
170 219
+59 481
+34.9
IMPORTS
226 808
184 386
+42 422
+23. J
TRADE BALANCE
2 892
-
14 167
+17 059
PRESS FACILITY FOR HK BILL DEBATE
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:
A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO ENABLE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE ON THE THIRD READING OF THE HONG KONG BILL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) NIGHT FROM 11 PM ONWARDS.
RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT +FEED+ TO THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FROM WHERE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE. THE FEED+ WILL COVER THE DEBATE FROM BEGINNING TO END.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA SHOULD NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THEY CAN RECORD THE DEBATE FROM THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, THE RECORDING CANNOT BE BROADCAST BECAUSE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF RTHK.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT RECORDINGS AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM CAN ONLY BE DONE BY HAND-HELD RECORDERS AND THERE WILL BE NO PLUG-IN FACILITIES.
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