SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1987
LAST 12 MONTHS
OCT 86 TO SEPT 87
OCT 85
то SEPT 86
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
186,736
143,326
43,410 30.3
RE-EXPORTS
166,270
111,975
54,295
48.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
353,006
255,301
97,705
38.3
IMPORTS
351,668
256,899
94,769
36.9
TRADE BALANCE
1,338
-1,598
2,936
HK OFFERS INCREASING SCOPE FOR U.S.
*
——
SIR DAVID
IS
IN
KONG BECOMES AS HONG
A MORE AFFLUENT SOCIETY THERE
MARKET INCREASING SCOPE FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN TO ENLARGE THEIR
IN NEW YORK ON THE TERRITORY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID FRIDAY (U.S. TIME).
SPEAKING TO THE ASIA SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF YORK, SIR DAVID DESCRIBED HONG KONG AS HAVING A FOURFOLD ATTRACTION FOR FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN.
NEW
AS THIS WAS
A MARKET IN ITS OWN RIGHT, AS
TO A PLACE MANUFACTURE, AS A GATEWAY TO THE POTENTIALLY VAST ECONOMY OF CHINA, AND AS A BASE FROM WHICH TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.
FUTURE" 1 APPETITE ONE OF THE VERY IN SOME WESTERN
THE IN HIS ADDRESS ENTITLED "HONG KONG: INVESTING IN
HAD A HEALTHY SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE HONG KONG CONSUMER PER FOR IMPORTED GOODS.
CAPITA GDP WAS ALREADY HIGHEST IN ASIA AT NEARLY U.S.$7,000 - HIGHER THAN COUNTRIES.
BETWEEN
"THESE FACTORS, TOGETHER WITH THE STABLE EXCHANGE RATE THE U.S. AND THE HONG
DOLLAR, GIVE THE AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN SCOPE TO ENLARGE HIS MARKET IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
KONG
"I
AND THE HONG
"AND THERE ARE NO BARRIERS BETWEEN THE EXPORTER KONG MARKET. NO MARKET IN THE WORLD IS FREER THAN HONG KONG'S.
F
/SIR DAVID ..