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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
"THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS
COMMISSIONED A SERIES
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
CONSULTANCY STUDIES TO HELP IT DEVELOP A EXPANDING THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING NOTABLY A AIRPORT AND ADDITIONAL PORT FACILITIES." MRS CHAN SAID.
OF
FOR
NEW
"IN PARALLEL WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROGRAMME, WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
"AT THE SAME TIME. WE MUST EXPAND OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FUTURE BOTH TO REPLACE THE NUMBERS WHO ARE LEAVING AND TO ENSURE THAT GENERATION OF WORKERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE WILL MEET HONG KONG'S CHANGING REQUIREMENTS." SHE SAID.
THAT
SHE TOLD THE CANADIAN AUDIENCE THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION REMAINED THE BEST BASIS FOR OUR FUTURE GROWTH AND STABILITY.
ARE BY
"WHAT WE MUST DO NOW IS TO ENSURE THAT ITS PROVISIONS
BEING FAITHFULLY REFLECTED IN THE BASIC LAW WHICH IS NOW
DRAFTED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HONG KONG PEOPLE'S VIEW, SHE SAID.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR AUGUST RELEASED
IN AUGUST. THE YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATE OF RE-EXPORTS. STILL SUBSTANTIAL, SHOWED SOME DECELERATION. THE GROWTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS SLACKENED FURTHER. WHILE THE GROWTH RATE OF WAS ROUGHLY THE SAME AS IN JULY.
THOUGH RATE OF IMPORTS
THIS IS SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TODAY
THE VALUE
DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1989 WAS $21.226 MILLION, $557 MILLION OR 2.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1988, WHILE THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY $6.399 MILLION OR 25.2 PER CENT TO $31.828 MILLION.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS), AT $53,054 MILLION IN AUGUST 1989. WAS THUS $6,956 MILLION OR 15.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1988.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS GREW BY 9.5 PER CENT OR $4.142 MILLION OVER A YEAR EARLIER. TO $47.969 MILLION IN AUGUST 1989.
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