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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1991
MARCH
LAST MONTH
1991
HK$ MN.
FEBRUARY 1991 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
14,980
14,346
634
4.4
1% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(30.7%)
(31.3%)
RE-EXPORTS
33,865
31,461
2,404
7.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
48,845
45,807
3.038
6.6
IMPORTS
57,006
45,009
11.997
26.7
TRADE BALANCE
-8,161
798
-8,959
APR 90 TO
APR 89 TO
INCREASE
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAR 91 HK$ MN.
MAR 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
227,918
222,637
5,281
2.4
RE-EXPORTS
435, 197
354,433
80,764
22.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
663,115
577,070
86,045
14.9
IMPORTS
672,524
565,431
107,093
18.9
TRADE BALANCE
-9,109
11,639
-21,048
INCREASING JAPANESE ACTIVITIES DEMONSTRATE HK'S ADVANTAGES
* * *
THE INCREASING PRESENCE
IN HONG KONG
ABSENCE FORCEFUL TESTIMONY OF THE
THE
OF ADVANTAGES
ACTIVITIES OF JAPANESE BUSINESS
OR INCENTIVES SUBSIDIES DIRECT
WHICH HONG KONG OFFERS,
IN
IS
THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID YESTERDAY (TUESDAY, NEW YORK TIME).
SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON "JAPANESE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE KONG AND TAIWAN" ORGANISED BY THE RELATIONS IN NEW YORK, MR WONG URGED THE AMERICANS
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES SERIOUSLY THE ABUNDANT
KONG.
"THE HONG
KONG
HONG
ON U.S.-CHINA ALSO TO CONSIDER IN HONG AVAILABLE
IS GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ MAINTAINING DEDICATED ABLE TO FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY
AN
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH BUSINESS WILL BE AND PROSPER, HE SAID.
++
MR WONG SAID HONG KONG WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAVOURED PLACES JAPANESE INVESTORS SINCE THE BAL
*705.
PLEASED
MINISTRY BY THE JAPAN ΤΟ "ACCORDING
FIGURES FINANCE, THE COUNTRY'S TOTAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG AMOUNTED TO US$9 BILLION BY THE FIRST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 1990, REPRESENTING 3.5 PER CENT OF TOTAL JAPANESE DIRECT OVERSEAS INVESTMENT.
ΤΟ CONTINUED
BE JAPAN'S
FOR
OF
OVER OVER
SECOND
MOST IMPORTANT
"HONG KONG INVESTMENT DESTINATION IN ASIA, AFTER INDONESIA.
/"COMPARED WITH