FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1989
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SIR DAVID SAID HE EXPLAINED TO THE FAC THAT THE FEELINGS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE ON THIS SUBJECT WERE VERY CLEAR.
"THAT IS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REASSURANCE OF RIGHT OF ABODE GIVEN TO 3.2 MILLION HONG KONG PEOPLE. I ALSO MADE THE POINT THAT WE CAN HAVE VERY LITTLE DOUBT IN HONG KONG THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT POINT OF VIEW AT THE MOMENT IS TO SAY THAT THAT IS NOT A PRACTICAL POSSIBILITY," HE ADDED.
"NEVERTHELESS, HONG KONG PEOPLE PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS. THEY PUT FORWARD THEM ON THE BASIS THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR THE RECORD.
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"THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AND THAT THE POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CAME ABOUT WHICH ENABLED THE GRANTING OF PASSPORTS TO HONG KONG PEOPLE, THEY WOULD BE WELL PLEASED, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID ALL THOSE WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FAC HAD BEEN MOST IMPRESSED BY THE WAY IN WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS SO FORCIBLY, SO STRONGLY, AND CONVICTION.
"EVERYBODY'S WORKED VERY HARD ON THEIR DETAILED AND IT'S BEEN A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE VIEWS ON SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS,
WITH GREAT
SUBMISSIONS, ΤΟ EXPRESS
"THE COMMITTEE THEMSELVES HAVE SHOWN GREAT INTEREST AND INDEED HAVE BEEN CLEARLY GETTING VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN HONG KONG AND LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY IT WORKS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN 1988
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR WAS VALUED AT IN 1988, 28 PER CENT HIGHER THAN 1987, ACCORDING STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1988 (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
$208,786
MILLION
TO THE SUMMARY RELEASED TODAY
IN 1988, AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT, 33 PER CENT AND 40 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE OVER 1987. THEIR SHARES IN TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WERE 28 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, AS COMPARED TO THE CORRESPONDING SHARES OF 27 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT IN 1987.
IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 286,135 TONNES OR 0.5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL IMPORT TONNAGE, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AMOUNTED TO 407,929 TONNES OR 1.3 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPORT TONNAGE,
/AIRBORNE DOMESTIC