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ON SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM, 68 PER CENT FELT THAT MANDATORY REPATRIATION WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY. MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS (88 PER CENT) ALSO FAVOURED ABOLITION OF THE PORT OF FIRST ASYLUM POLICY IN HONG KONG (BEFORE THE QUESTION ON THE RISK OF BOAT PEOPLE BEING DROWNED WAS ASKED). EVEN KNOWING THAT THE BOAT PEOPLE MIGHT DROWN, 70 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS STILL FELT THAT THE POLICY SHOULD BR ABOLISHED WHILE 10 PER CENT FELT THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED.
THE RESPONDENTS WERE ALSO ASKED TO ASSESS THE GOVERNMENT'9 PERFORMANCE IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HEALTH/MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING, LAW AND ORDER, SOCIAL WELFARE AND TRANSPORT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE REPORT ON THE 1990 BENCHMARK SURVEY ON PUBLIC ATTITUDES WILL BE BOXED.
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER REleased
MILLION,
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1990, AT $128,676 GREW BY 34 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1980, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1990 RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, EXPORTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT TO $21,878 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS ROSE BY 42 PER CENT TO $42,705 MILLION,
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT TO $64,583 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT TO $64,092 MILLION.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1990, AT $1,166,073 MILLION, INCREASED BY 13 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT TO $205,663 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT TO $377,238 MILLION.
THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT ΤΟ #582,901 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY
$583,172 MILLION.
13 PER
CENT ΤΟ
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