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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-NOV 1991
HK$ MN.
JAN-NOV 1990 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
208,746
205,663
3,083
1.5
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(30.2%)
(35.3%)
RE-EXPORTS
482,354
377,238
105, 116
27.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
691.100
582,901
108, 199
18.6
IMPORTS
702,008
583,172
118,836
20.4
TRADE BALANCE
-10,908
-271
-10,637
LAST 12 MONTHS'
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
DEC 90 TO
DEC 89 TO
INCREASE
NOV 91
HK$ MN.
NOV 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
%
228,958
225,579
3,379
1.5
519,115
406,824
112,291
27.6
748,073
632,403
115,670
18.3
761,366
630,617
130,749
20.7
-13,293
1,786
-15,079
AN EVENTFUL YEAR FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH HAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR IN WHICH WITNESSES IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF WORK COMES UNDER THE BRANCH, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND
OF THE ORDINATION OF MEASURES FOR DECLARATION.
THE IMPLEMENTATION
1991 THAT
CO-
JOINT
THE
REVIEWING THE YEAR 1991 AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW YEAR,
SZE, SAID TODAY SECRETARY
AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL (FRIDAY) THAT AMONG THE MAJOR TASKS TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR WAS REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS.
THE HE NOTED THAT
REVIEW WILL LOOK INTO THE INDEPENDENT BODY TO ORGANISE AND OVERSEE ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES.
THE
FOR NEED ΤΟ DEMARCATE
AN
AND
AGE, THE IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF MINIMUM VOTING
SYSTEM THE
OF VOTING ACTIVITIES, OF CAMPAIGN REGULATION
FOR VOTERS THE QUALIFICATION CONSTITUENCIES, GEOGRAPHICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.
IN
IN
"WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REVIEW IS COMPLETED BY MID- IN PLACE BY 1992, SO THAT ANY CHANGES ARISING FROM IT WILL BE PUT 1993, IN TIME FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF ELECTIONS STARTING IN LATE HE SAID.
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1994,
/ON THE