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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1991
P
·
FROM REC
COUNTRIES HAS
EEC COUNTRIES (WHICH INCLUDES PURCHASE
ALSO
BEEN
INCREASING
BY
INVESTMENT STEADILY AND THE VALUE OF GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS IN 1989
OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, LAND AND BUILDINGS, AND OTHER ASSETS) AMOUNTED TO WAS 12.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT RECORDED IN 1988,"
US$68 MILLION AND)
HE SAID.
MANUFACTURING
THE TERRITORY WERK
MR BARMA SAID AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES WAS THAT MOST OF THE PRODUCTS MADE IN FOR EXPORT RATHER THAN FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION.
"INDEED, AS MUCH AS 90 PER CENT OF
IS EVENTUALLY EXPORTED.
OUR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
IN 1990 AMOUNTED ΤΟ HK$226 WHICH RRPRÉSENTS 41.4 PER CENT OF OUR GDP AT CURRENT PRICES.
"OUR DOMESTIC EXPORTS
"IN 1989 HONG KONG WAS THE WORLD'S 11TH LARGEST
SAID.
BILLION,
EXPORTER," HE
SHARK HUNTING DANGEROUS
ARE TAB
SHARK HUNTING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS UNLESS THE HUNTERS WELL-EXPERIENCED AND EQUIPPED WITH THE PROPER GEAR AND EQUIPMENT, SENIOR CAPTURE FISHERIES OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, DR PAUL MAK, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
EMBARKED OF THE TRAGEDY A KILLER
DR MAK WAS COMMENTING ON REPORTS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD "SHARK HUNTING MISSIONS" IN SAI KUNG IN THE WAKE ON LAST SATURDAY MORNING IN WHICH A WOMAN SWIMMER FELL PREY TO SHARK OFF SILVERSTRAND BAY.
AND
"THE SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THE SHARK HAS ALREADY KILLED ONCE
AVAILABLE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT IT IS BIG, BETWEEN FIVE TO SIX METRES LONG.
++
SIGHTINGS
BY THE
ONE
THE SHARK
REPORTED FURTHERMORE, SOME OF REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT MORE THAN SHARK IS AROUND, DR MAK SAID.
"
"ORDINARY FISHING EQUIPMENT, SPEARGUNS AND ARE DEFINITELY INADEQUATE TO CATCH SHARKS OF SUCH A BIG SIZE.
OF DIVERS AND MEMBERS THEREFORE STRONGLY ADVISK ANGLRRS, NOT TO ENGAGE IN SHARK HUNTING OPERATIONS IN OWN SAFETY," HE SAID.
DIVERS'
KNIVES
THE
INTEREST TUF
1 WOULD PUBLIC OF THFIR
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