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INDUSTRIES
DR LEE POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AND QUARRY WERE STILL THE TWO MAIN INDUSTRIES WITH HIGH RISK FOR WORKERS TO CONTRACT THE DISEASE.
ON HEART DISEASE, DR LEE SAID, IT CLAIMED A TOTAL OF 4,836 LIVES LAST YEAR, 237 MORE THAN IN 1988.
HE PRAISED THE WORK DONE BY THE CARDIAC, MEDICAL TEAMS AT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL.
LAST YEAR, HE ADDED, A TOTAL OF 824 CARDIAC PERFORMED WITH HIGH SUCCESS RATE.
AND SURGICAL
OPERATIONS WERE
HEALTH, THANKED
IN CONCLUSION, DR LEE, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION AND STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE ASSOCIATION.
'HONG KONG REVIEW OF OVERSEAS TRADE IN 1989' PUBLISHED
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IN
A REVIEW DEPICTING HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE 1989 WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR EARLIER YEARS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE PUBLICATION, WHICH IS ENTITLED 'THE HONG KONG REVIEW OF OVERSEAS TRADE IN 1989', PRESENTS A SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN 1989.
THE TOTAL VALUE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE AMOUNTED TO $1,133 BILLION IN 1989, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 14 PER CENT OVER 1988. RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE RAPIDLY AND IN 1989 THEY TOTALLED $346 BILLION, CONSTITUTING ABOUT 61 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS.
AND
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW ARE DOMESTIC EXPORT, RE-EXPORT IMPORT STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COUNTRY (AS MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S EXPORTS OR AS SUPPLIER FOR HONG KONG'S IMPORTS) AND BY COMMODITY.
FOR IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, STATISTICS ANALYSED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND END-USE CATEGORY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. THE LATTER REFERS TO THE GROUPING OF COMMODITIES INTO BROAD CATEGORIES LIKE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS, USEFUL FOR MANY RESEARCH PURPOSES.
WHICH IS
SEPARATE STATISTICS IN RESPECT OF AIRBORNE TRADE TRADE ARE PRESENTED TO FACILITATE ANALYSIS OF HONG KONG'S TRADE BY DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT.
AND
SEABORNE EXTERNAL
/IN 1989,