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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988
JAN-AUG 1988
JAN-AUG
INCREASE
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
HK$ MN.
1987 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
136,423
123,296
13,127
10.6
[% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(45.0%)
(52.3 %)
RE-EXPORTS
166,726
112.575
54,151
18.
1
TOTAL EXPORTS
303,149
235.871
67.278
28. 5
IMPORTS
309,913
237,384
72,529
30.6
TRADE BALANCE
-6,764
-1,513
-5,251
SEP 87 TO
SEP 86 TO
INCREASE
AUG 88
LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
HK$ MN.
AUG 87 HK$ MN.
HKS MN.
208,380
182,838
25,542
14.0
236,932
160,894
76,038
47.3
445,312
343,732
101,580
29.6
450,477
342,350
108,127
31.6
-5,165
1.382
-6,517
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SEMINAR ON NOISE POLLUTION IN MONG KOK
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WILL
IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN
A SEMINAR ON NOISE POLLUTION TO BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 1988-89 IN THE MONG KOK DISTRICT.
ENVIRONMENTAL
ANTI-NOISE POLLUTION IS THE MAIN THEME OF THIS YEAR'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AND THE SEMINAR, TO BE HELD AT GRAND TOWER HOTEL, HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD.
NOISE
AN EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS SET UP TODAY ON THE CROSS BRIDGE BETWEEN PHASE I AND II OF THE ARGYLE CENTRE, FOCUSSES ON POLLUTION IN GENERAL AND THE PROBLEM IN MONG KOK IN PARTICULAR, IT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING FROM 10.30 AM TO 10 PM DAILY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30.
SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE MR WAN SEK-LUEN, MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DR IP PO-KEUNG, LECTURER OF LINGNAN COLLEGE; MR RAYMOND CHAN, PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT; AND MR NIP MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE NOISE POLLUTION CONCERN WORKING GROUP OF THE CAMPAIGN'S CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.
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