WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985
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SIR DAVID VISITS SENIOR OFFICERS AT STAFF COURSE
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO SEE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR WIDER MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE SENIOR STAFF COURSE BEING HELD AT MUI WO.
AFTER A BRIEFING BY THE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES, MR LEN
SNEDDON, ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE, SIR DAVID GAVE
A BRIEF TALK TO PARTICIPANTS ABOUT HONG KONG'S SUCCESS IN RECENT DECADES, AND ABOUT THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT WITH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW POLITICAL LEADERS, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE TO PRESENT +COGENTLY ARGUED, PATIENT AND WELL BALANCED VIEWS+, WHICH WOULD HELP THE NEW LEADERS IN MAKING WELL BALANCED POLICY DECISIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
ASKING THE QUESTION WHETHER HONG KONG COULD CONTINUE
TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL. SIR DAVID SAID THAT AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WAS THE DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE TO BUILD AND TO GO ON BUILDING.
THE THREE-MONTH COURSE IS THE THIRD HELD SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, AND EMPHASISES ACTION LEARNING, WITH MEMBERS TAKING PART IN VARIOUS PROJECTS, BOTH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL. IT WILL INCLUDE A VISIT TO ASIAN COUNTRIES TO SEE HOW THEIR GOVERNMENTS OPERATE.
THE 40 PARTICIPANTS - INCLUDING FOUR FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE SPENDING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE COURSE IN RESIDENCE AT SILVERMINE BEACH HOTEL.
FIRST HALF 1985 RE-EXPORT FIGURES ANALYSED
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE REACHED $52 642 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1985, AN INCREASE OF $15 411 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT AS COMPARED TO THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING T A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR MARKET
CHINA WAS AGAIN THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. AT $24 638 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1985, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA WAS $14 378 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1984.
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