SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1991
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TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING DEC 1990 WITH DEC 1989
COMPARING JAN-DEC 1990 WITH JAN-DEC 1989
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
*
*
%
%
FOODSTUFFS
2
3
-1
*
1
-1
CONSUMER GOODS
36
3
32
32
4
27
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
12
1
10
3
4
FUELS
-62
49
-75
-9
10
-17
CAPITAL GOODS
25
1
21
15
2
13
ALL COMMODITIES ·
24
N
21
20
3
16
LESS THAN 0.5%
HONG KONG MOVES TOWARDS BEING THE GREATEST SERVICE CENTRE IN ASIA
CENTURY TO BE THE HONG KONG HAS TO PLAN AHEAD INTO THE NEXT
FOR THE REGION MOST EFFICIENT POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CENTRE
THE IT,
SECRETARY FOR WHICH NO ONE COULD SUBSTITUTE FOR
PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
(HONG KONG ADDRESSING THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS
IF ONE SAW BRANCH) AT ITS ANNUAL DINNER, MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT
AIRPORT PROJECTS ALL BECAME IT IN THIS LIGHT CLEARLY, THE PORT AND CRITICAL.
STEP BY STEP AND THE CHINA ITSELF, HE SAID, IS MODERNISING
TRANSPORT PEOPLE WHO GO THERE AND TRADE WITH IT NEED GREATLY IMPROVED AND SHIPPING FACILITIES.
OF
IN CHINA
"AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE IN A POSITION IN WHICH ALMOST ANY OUR FUNCTIONS CAN OVER TIME BE SUBSTITUTED BY OTHERS EITHER OR ELSEWHERE.
/"THERE IS