THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1991
IN
1990, SEABORNE TRADE AND AIRBORNE TRADE ACCOUNTED AND 20% IN VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE RESPECTIVELY AND AN INCREASE OF 12% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY AS COMPARED WITH 1989.
BREAKDOWNS OF THESE BY COUNTRY AND BY COMMODITY ARE
IN THE REVIEW.
FOR
52%
RECORDED
AVAILABLE
APART FROM EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS IN VALUE TERMS, THE REVIEW EXTERNAL DESCRIBES MOVEMENTS IN THE PRICES AND VOLUME OF HONG KONG'S TRADE AS REFLECTED BY THE UNIT VALUE INDEXES AND QUANTUM INDEXES.
OF THE EXCHANGE
IN ADDITION, THE REVIEW CONTAINS A SUMMARY RATES OF THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AGAINST PRINCIPAL FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND THE EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE INDEX.
THE REVIEW ALSO PRESENTS TABLES SHOWING HONG AMONGST THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPORTERS.
KONG'S POSITION
IN
1989,
IMITATION JEWELLERY
HONG KONG WAS
AND THE SECOND
THE
OF
WORLD'S LARGEST
EXPORTER LARGEST EXPORTER OF CLOTHING
{FOLLOWING ITALY) AND COMPLETE WATCHES (FOLLOWING SWITZERLAND).
RANKED
OF TOYS AND GAMES HONG KONG
THIRD IN THE EXPORTS
KOREA) AND PRECIOUS METAL (FOLLOWING TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF JEWELLERY (FOLLOWING ITALY AND SWITZERLAND).
HONG
MOST WHEREAS
KONG'S OTHER
IN THE REVIEW, THERE IS A CONCISE TABLE SHOWING EXPORT AND IMPORT VALUES AS FAR BACK AS 1963, TABLES SHOW STATISTICS FROM 1988 TO 1990.
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THE REVIEW CONTAINS 13 GRAPHS AND 38 STATISTICAL TABLES.
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COMMENCEMENT
INTEGRATED KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMMB
1988, IT9
IN
THE
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S
SINCE HAS PROVED TO BE A DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPEN WEEK
SPERCH MR LI SAID
AND
THE
CHILDREN INTO AN COMMUNICATION AND
OF CEREMONY
SUEN MEI SUN CHUEN, HEARING CENTRE FOR THE DEAF IN MEI FOO PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE MILDLY DISABLED ORDINARY KINDERGARTEN TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS WHILE LEARNING WITH ORDINARY CHILDREN.
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