SATURILY
L 13. 1985
IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER QUESTION ON WHETHER THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN HONG KONG AND THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ITS RECRUITMENT WAS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, SIR EDWARD SAID:
+NO, I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, BUT AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY, I THINK THIS IS A MATTER FOR INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT.+
QUESTIONED IF THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WOULD BE READY BEFORE JULY 1 WHEN THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT WAS RATIFIED, SIR EDWARD TOLD THE REPORTERS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO AWAIT THE DECISION OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS +BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS TO ANNOUNCE THE TWO SIDES.+
SPEAKING ABOUT HIS TRIP TO TAP MUN AND KAT 0, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD BEEN HAVING A LOOK AROUND AT THE PROBLEMS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THOSE ISLANDS,
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+THEY ARE MAINLY FISHERMEN AS YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DO HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE HOUSING AND HOUSING POLICY ON THE ISLANDS AND ABOUT IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION. FACT, ALL THE THINGS WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN LIVING IN PLACES OF THIS KIND.+
FEBRUARY EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED ******
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1985, VALUED AT $71 025 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, ACCORDING TO TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT TO $20 546 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 11 PER CENT TO $34 085 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 48 PER CENT TO $16 395 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT.
COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE. ANALYSED BY COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $925 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $116 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $92 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $175 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $51 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).
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