10

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1987 WITH JAN-MAY 1986

COMPARING MAY 1987 WITH MAY 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

%

%

FOODSTUFFS

14

- 1

15

9

-1

11

CONSUMER GOODS

66

2

62

58

1

56

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

48

1

46

51

1

49

FUELS

15

+

5

20

-37

15

-45

CAPITAL GOODS

35

1

34

38

-1

40

ALL COMMODITIES

51

1

48

49

1

48

1

COMMUNITY MORE SYMPATHETIC TO MENTAL PATIENTS

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE BECOMING MORE SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE MENTALLY ILL AND MORE AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM COMPARED WITH FIVE YEARS AGO, REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (HONG KONG), OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR KWOK NAI-SIK, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG HARBOUR, MR KWOK SAID THAT WITH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR THROUGH IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES AND THE EFFORTS

OF AWARE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN MORE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS MUCH ENHANCED.

MR KWOK NOTED THAT THERE WERE NOW 15 HALF-WAY HOUSES IN KONG, CATERING FOR 515 DISCHARGED PATIENTS, AS COMPARED WITH THE HALF-WAY HOUSES WITH 200-ODD PLACES FIVE YEARS AGO.

12 "IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS' TIME, THERE WILL BE HOUSES FOR 670 DISCHARGED PATIENTS, HE SAID.

+

THE

HAD

HONG

NINE

MORE HALF-WAY

/HE SAID

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