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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1986
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR JULY 1986, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE. HONG KONG OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, DUDDELL STREET, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES CAN BE MADE WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 3-7216512.
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY WHICH MANUFACTURES PARTS FOR THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMME.
THE TEK DEVICES LIMITED PRODUCES CORE AND SEMI-CONDUCTOR MEMORIES AND SYSTEMS WITH MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS. SOME OF ITS PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE +BLACK BOX+ OF AIRCRAFT, ON OFF-SHORE OIL RIGS, AS WELL AS DEEP SEA RESEARCH AND MILITARY PROJECTS.
MR JACOBS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR STEUART WEBB-JOHNSON. HIS VISIT IS PART OF A PROGRAMME OF FAMILIARISATION VISITS TO FACTORIES, EACH REPRESENTING A MAJOR SECTOR OF LOCAL INDUSTRY.
THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IS HONG KONG'S SECOND LARGEST EXPORT EARNER, AFTER TEXTILES AND GARMENT, AND IT ACCOUNTS FOR 20.8 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
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IN 1985, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS WERE VALUED AT $27 000 MILLION OF WHICH 45 PER CENT WENT TO THE UNITED STATES. OTHER MAJOR MARKETS INCLUDE CHINA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 28) MORNING AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
THE SHOW WILL FEATURE SINGING, MAGIC AND CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS PERFORMANCES BY SINGERS, TELEVISION ARTISTES, JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
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