MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1986
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HK PLAYERS GETTING CHANCE TO BROADEN EXPERIENCE
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS IS IMPORTANT TO ENABLE LOCAL PLAYERS TO BROADEN THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC 1986, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG'S RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN SWIMMING, TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS, JUDO, SHOOTING, BOWLING AND LAWN BOWLS HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING.
+FASHIONING ENTHUSIASM INTO EXCELLENCE IS NOT DONE IN A DAY, AND MANY THANKS ARE DUE TO THE GOVERNING BODIES AND COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME IN COACHING, ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.
NOTING THAT MANY MORE LOCAL PLAYERS WERE TAKING PART IN LOCAL COMPETITIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SIR DAVID SAID THIS WAS BEGINNING TO PAVE THE WAY FOR AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR LAWN BOWLS IN HONG KONG,
+ THE NUMBER OF LOCAL PLAYERS AND LOCAL LEAGUES AND COMPETITIONS IS INCREASING REFLECTING THE SUCCESS OF THE TRAINING SCHEME
ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION AND AUGURING WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF LAWN BOWLS IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
HONG KONG IS HOST FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN SUCCESSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC 1986.
EXPORT-LED GROWTH GATHERS MOMENTUM IN THIRD QUARTER
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GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY STRONG SINCE JULY
SO THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 CONTINUED TO BÉ EXPORT-LED, ACCORDING TO THE THIRD QUARTER ECONOMIC REPORT 1986 PUBLISHED TODAY.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS GREW BY ABOUT 23 PER CENT IN REAL TERMS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985, FOLLOWING GROWTH RATES OF 1 PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND 14 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
THE LATEST FIGURES ON ORDER BOOK POSITIONS, ON RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SUGGEST THAT A CONTINUED GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS CAN BE EXPECTED.
AGAINST THE