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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991
LAST MONTH
OCTOBER 1991
HK$ MN.
SEPTEMBER 1991 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21.296
20,526
770
3.8
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(29.4%)
(29.1%)
RE-EXPORTS
51,098
50,131
967
1.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
72,394
70,657
1,737
2.5
IMPORTS
69,282
66,953
2,329
3.5
TRADE BALANCE
3,112
3,704
-592
JAN-OCT
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
1991
HK$ MN.
JAN-OCT 1990 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
188,289
183,785
4,504
2.5
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(30.5%)
(35.5%)
RE-EXPORTS
430,055
334,533
95,522-
28.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
618.344
518,318
100,026
19.3
IMPORTS
631.293
519,076
112,217
21.6
TRADE BALANCE
-12,949
-758
-12,191
LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
NOV 90 TO
NOV 89 TO
INCREASE
OCT 91
HK$ MN.
OCT 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
X
230,379
223,113
7,266
3.3
509,521
394,165
115,356
29.3
739,900
617,278
122,622
19.9
754,747
612,864
141.883
23.2
-14.847
4.414
-19,261
GOVERNOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE
AS HONG KONG PEOPLE SEEK TO IMPROVE THE CITY, THEY MUST LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAINTAIN ITS CHARACTER, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING AT THE REOPENING OF THE WESTERN MARKET. AFTER IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC).
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THE GOVERNOR SAID WHERE OTHERS SAW WESTERN MARKET AS
NO MORE THAT AN OLD BUILDING TO BE PULLED DOWN AND REDEVELOPED, THE LDC SAW SOMETHING OF ARCHITECTURAL VALUE WHICH COULD BE TRANSFORMED TO FILL VERY MODERN NEED.
A
/SIR DAVID