LAST MONTH
3
I
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988
JANUARY
1988 HK$ MN.
DECEMBER
1987 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
-2,373
-12.6
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
16,477
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(47.3%)
18,850 (49.7%)
RE-EXPORTS
18,364
19,056
-692
-3.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
34,841
37,906
-3,065
-8.1
IMPORTS
33,150
38,817
-5,667 -14.6
TRADE BALANCE
1,691
-911
2,602
LAST 12 MONTHS
FEB 87 ΤΟ JAN 88
FEB 86 TO JAN 87
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
197,678
157,506
40,172
25.5
RE-EXPORTS
189,140
125,988
63.152
50.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
386,818
283,494
103,324
36.4
IMPORTS
387,582
280,664
106,918 38.1
TRADE BALANCE
-764
2,830
-3,594
GLENARTHUR SPEAKS ON WHITE PAPER, VR ISSUES
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THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT HE WAS SURE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL TAKE FORWARD WHAT THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT CONTAINED AND MAKE IT WORK IN THE WAY THAT ALL HOPE IT WILL.
SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE LEAVING FOR SINGAPORE EN ROUTE TO NEPAL, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, OFFICIALS AND OTHER PEOPLE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE OUTCOME OF THE WHITE PAPER, WHICH HE THOUGHT HAD BEEN GENERALLY WELCOMED HERE, AND THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES PROBLEM.
/NOTHING THAT