SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1991
TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING NOV 1990 WITH NOV 1989
COMPARING JAN-NOV 1990 WITH JAN-NOV 1989
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUB
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
X
X
X
X
FOODSTUFFS
11
3
-1
CONSUMER GOODS
51
3
46
32
4
27
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
33
2
31
6
3
3
FUELS
-44
22
-54
-
3
9
-11
CAPITAL GOODS
48
- 1
49
14
2
12
ALL COMMODITIES
42
ANG
2
39
19
3
16
*
LESS THAN 0.5%
0
WARMER, CLOUDIER AND MORE HUMID IN JANUARY
THE
JANUARY 1991 WAS ON THE WHOLE WARMER, CLOUDIER, AND MORE HUMID THAN NORMAL, ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 15. 4 DEGREES WAS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JANUARY.
CLOUDY AND HUMID CONDITIONS WERE PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 28.7 MILLIMETRES, 23 PER CENT ABOVE THE JANUARY NORMAL OF 23.4 MILLIMETRES.
THE NEW YEAR WAS USHERED IN UNDER A THICK BLANKET OF MIST AND FOG. VISIBILITY INSIDE THE HARBOUR DROPPED TO LESS THAN 1,000 METRES IN THE MORNING.
THE FOG LIFTED TEMPORARILY DURING THE DAY AS RAISED THE TEMPERATURE TO 23.9 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST THE MIST AND FOG RETURNED SOON AFTER SUNSET, AND CHEUNG CHAU WAS DOWN TO 200 METRES AT ONE STAGE.
SUNNY WEATHER FOR THE MONTH. VISIBILITY NEAR
/DUE TO