FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1986
ALSO RECEIVING THE COMMENDATION AT THE CEREMONY WAS MRS MARGARET STEPHANIE HENDERSON, EX-DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY ADVICE BUREAU. SHE WAS RECOGNISED FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO ASSISTING NEW ARRIVALS HERE TO SETTLE IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH HER WORK IN THE BUREAU.
A TOTAL OF 26 CITIZENS HAD BEEN AWARDED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR PHYSICAL EFFORTS OR INNOVATIVE IDEAS SINCE THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1982.
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HALF-YEARLY RE-EXPORT FIGURES ANALYSED
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HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, VALUED AT $53 033 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1986. INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET
CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1986. THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1985, RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA DECREASED BY $7 011 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNI- CATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 272 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 532 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1 478 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $319 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $255 MILLION OR 185 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S., THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE (BY $2 408 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT). THE COMMODITIES WITH
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE CLOTHING (BY $1 465 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $476 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $153 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
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