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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991
AND ITS
SUB-COMMITTEES,
ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF ACAN
TODAY'S COMMEMORATIVE FUNCTION INCLUDED A BUS PARADE WHICH WAS KICKED OFF BY SIR DAVID AND THE ACAN CHAIRMAN,
FOUR DOUBLE-DECKERS JOINED THE PARADE AND WENT TO ABOUT 20 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WITH MORE THAN 50 VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTING PUBLICITY MATERIALS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS WERE LOCAL POP SINGERS ALEX TO AND WANG HANG, ARTISTES OF THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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TO SUPPORT THE TWO U.N. EVENTS ACAN HAS PRODUCED 200,000 COPIES OF A SOUVENIR POSTAL COVER FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS.
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LIMITED COPIES OF THE COVER ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT THE "HONG KONG FIGHTS DRUGS" EXHIBITION HELD AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA, UNTIL 6 PM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
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HK'S TRADE PERFORMANCE STILL ENCOURAGING'
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HONG KONG CAN STILL MAINTAIN "MORE THAN RESPECTABLE, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING" TRADE PERFORMANCE DESPITE CERTAIN RATHER DISTURBING DEVELOPMENTS RECENTLY, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T. CHAU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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+ IN A SPEECH TO THE HONG KONG EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION, MR CHAU SAID THE LATEST AVAILABLE FIGURES SHOWED THAT IN APRIL THIS YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS GREW BY 10.9 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH APRIL LAST YEAR. RE-EXPORTS GREW BY NO LESS THAN 34.5 PER CENT, AND IMPORTS BY 30 PER CENT.
"IT IS PARTICULARLY WORTH NOTING THAT RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY.
INTO A FURTHER INCREASE IN OUR
"THIS SHOULD BE TRANSLATED EXPORTS IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID.
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MR CHAU SAID THE TRADE FIGURES MIGHT NOT BE RECORD-BREAKING HONG KONG'S OWN EXTREMELY HIGH STANDARDS.
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"BUT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE CERTAINLY MORE THAN RESPECTABLE, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING, HE SAID.
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IN SHORT, MR CHAU SAID, HONG KONG'S REACTION TO ALL THE RECENT UNCERTAINTY IN THE WORLD HAD BEEN TO HANG UP A BIG SIGN, WHICH SAID: "BUSINESS AS USUAL. ONLY MORE OF IT".
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MR CHAU SAID ONE MAJOR ISSUE CONCERNING HONG KONG'S TRADE AT MOMENT WAS THE UNITED STATES' RENEWAL
CHINA'S MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TRADING STATUS.
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/HE SAID