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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1987
THERE WERE 212 ENTRIES FROM MORE THAN 1 400 SECONDARY STUDENTS OF 30 SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST PRIZE WENT TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS SUN HOI DIRECTORS' COLLEGE WHILE BOTH THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES WERE WON BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA ROTARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY, MR YIP SHIU-MING.
FIRST QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS
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THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILE, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 83 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE EXPORTS DURING THE PERIOD.
AMONG ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$2 644 MILLION), TEXTILES (+$1 956 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL (+$1 602 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+$588 MILLION), PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
+$550 MILLION) AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS +$322 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WERE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+158 PER CENT), LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (+64 PER CENT), TOBACCO (+53 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+43 PER CENT), NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+41 PER CENT) AND NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+41 PER CENT).
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