36
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
OF
SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 68
CONTAINERISED PARTICULAR, IN CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OR NEARLY ALL OF SEABORNE EXPORTS KINGDOM, WEST GERMANY, THE U.S.A. AND AUSTRALIA.
PER
CARGO TO THE UNITED
EXPORTS IN THE
OF
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 ROSE BY 17 PER CENT OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER 1987.
ALL
SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY
MANUFACTURES, CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS; PLASTIC
OR OTHER NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; TOYS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; COTTON TEXTILES AND MANUFACTURES ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.
FROM
GENERAL
SHIPMASTERS OR ENTERING
COMPILED PRIMARILY ARE STATISTICS SHIPPING DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.
STATISTICS ARE CARGO
COMPILED
FROM OCEAN PORT AND MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
CARGO AND
CONSIGNMENTS
STATISTICS. THE
BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
THE MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR
THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN STATISTICS REPORT" FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1988, WHICH IS NOW ON AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, AT $22 PER COPY.
+
TO THE DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234887.
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS SECTION OF SHIPPING
DIRECTED STATISTICS
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
* *
ALL
(THURSDAY } BATHING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED THE GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
IS TO BACTERIAL
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM
SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF INFORM POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
THE GRADING