FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1986
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QUEEN SENDS CONDOLENCE MESSAGES
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THE QUEEN HAS SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF MARSHAL YE JIANYING:
TO PRESIDENT LI XIANNIAN:
I HAVE LEARNED WITH GREAT REGRET OF THE DEATH OF HIS EXCELLENCY MARSHAL YE JIANYING AFTER A LONG LIFE OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. PRINCE PHILIP AND I SEND OUR DEEP CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
TO GOVERNOR YE XUANPING OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE:
PRINCE PHILIP AND I WERE MUCH SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF YOUR FATHER'S DEATH. MARSHAL YE JIANYING'S LOSS WILL BE FELT PARTICULARLY KEENLY BY THE PEOPLE OF GUANGDONG, WHO PLEASE PASS WERE SO KIND TO US DURING OUR RECENT VISIT. OUR SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AS YOU MOURN HIS PASSING.
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PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER
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THE STRONG GROWTH IN EXTERNAL TRADE CONTINUED IN SEPTEMBER 1986. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1986, AT $13 940 MILLION, GREW BY 27.0 PER CENT OR $2 964 MILLION COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, WHILE THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 34.3 PER CENT OR $2 845 MILLION TO $11 131 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. 1 1849 Z.
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS, AT $25 071 MILLION, WAS 30.2 PER CENT OR $5 809 MILLION HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1985. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS GREW BY 28.8 PER CENT OR $5 242 MILLION OVER SEPTEMBER 1985 TO REACH $23 451 MILLION.
AS THE GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS FASTER THAN THAT OF IMPORTS, A LARGER VISIBLE TRADE SURPLUS, EQUIVALENT TO 6.9 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER 1986, COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF 5.8 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1985.
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