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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1987
BASED ON UNIT VALUE INDEXES, IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 5 PER CENT WHILE TOTAL EXPORT PRICES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF THE TOTAL EXPÓRT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX, DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT.
WITHIN TOTAL EXPORTS, THE PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
ENQUIRIES ON THE REVIEW MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234915.
EXTRA HOTLINE ON AIDS SET UP
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP ANOTHER HOTLINE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH GENERAL INFORMATION ON AIDS ACQUIRED
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.
STARTING THIS WEEK, AIDS INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TWO 24-HOUR HOTLINES 5-8330180 (IN ENGLISH) AND 5-724533 (IN CHINESE) INSTEAD OF THE EXISTING SINGLE BILINGUAL HOTLINE.
CALLERS WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR AN EXTENDED TEN-MINUTE RECORDED PROGRAMME PROVIDING THEM WITH A GENERAL PICTURE OF AIDS, ITS MODES OF TRANSMISSION, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION MEASURES.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW ARRANGEMENT GIVES CALLERS A CHANCE TO CHOOSE THE MEDIUM THEY PREFER, THUS SHORTENING THE TIME REQUIRED FOR LISTENING TO THE BILINGUAL TÁPE.
+SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE FIRST HOTLINE SERVICE IN MARCH 1985, A TOTAL OF 13 561 CALLERS HAD MADE USE OF THE SERVICE, HE SAID.
OF THE CALLERS, 697 HAD RAISED QUESTIONS AND 523 CALLERS HAD LEFT THE IR TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR FURTHER CONTACT.
+ IN VIEW OF THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE AND TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON AIDS, ARRANGEMENT WERE THEREFORE MADE TO INSTAL THE SECOND HOTLINE SERVICE,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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