THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1989
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APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PLANNING (DESIGNATE) ANNOUNCED
FOR
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY THAT MR ROBERT UPTON, OF WILL
THE POST ASSUME AND WORKS, LANDS DEPUTY SECRETARY
THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING (DESIGNATE) TOMORROW WITH A VIEW TO BECOMING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SUBJECT TO CREATION OF THE POST EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR UPTON:
MR ROBERT UPTON, JP
SERVICE IN
1972.
AGED 38. MR UPTON JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES.
SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WORKS IN MARCH
ASSISTANT FINANCIAL MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS (1979-82), CLERK OF COUNCILS (1982-84), PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER (1985-86), DEPUTY (1986-89), AND BECAME DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND 1989.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF STAFF GRADE B IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER
2ND QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN
* * * * *
BY THE (THURSDAY) MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE SIX GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; WERE : OF 1989
APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR WEARING KNITTING;
AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC KNITWEAR; PROFESSIONAL
INCLUDING
ELECTRICAL
AND
BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
TEXTILES,
AND PRODUCTS; AND
THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 81.0 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989.
INCREASES IN THE WITH THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
OF 1988 ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER
APPAREL, WERE TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$978 MILLION); WEARING
EXCEPT MACHINERY, MILLION); (+$755 KNITWEAR AND EXCEPT FOOTWEAR
PRODUCTS (+$294 ELECTRICAL (+3448 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$192 MILLION); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE ...................