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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1992
ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING
THE NEWLY APPOINTED ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, HELD ITS FIRST MEETING THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, MR MACLEOD SAID HE HAD A VERY USEFUL PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS ON A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC ISSUES FACING THE TERRITORY.
"I SEE BRAINSTORMING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS MOST USEFUL IN IDENTIFYING KEY ISSUES AND HOW BEST TO DEAL WITH THEM, INCLUDING OF COURSE INFLATION AND WAYS TO STIMULATE HIGHER ECONOMIC GROWTH," HE SAID.
APART FROM MR MACLEOD, THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES SIX NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AND THREE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS.
MEMBERS DRAWN FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE PROFESSOR EDWARD CHEN KWAN-YIU, MR VINCENT CHENG HOI-CHUEN, DR RAYMOND CH'IEN KUO-FUNG, MR WILLIAM FUNG KWOK-LUN, MR JOHN GREENWOOD AND DR RICHARD WONG YUE-CHIM.
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THE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE ARE THE SECRETARY ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN FANG ON-SANG; THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND, MR JOSEPH YAM CHI-KHONG, AND THE GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST, MR TANG KWONG-YIU.
UNDER ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE, THE COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON ANY MATTERS AFFECTING THE ECONOMY THAT HE REFER TO IT.
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SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR OCEAN-GOING VESSELS RELEASED
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, 5,519 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 31.2 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 537 (OR 11%) IN NUMBER AND OF 1.8 MILLION NRT (OR 6%) IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.
JULY
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THIS IS CONTAINED IN THE 'HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT
SEPTEMBER 1991' PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM A SAMPLE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 18% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER 1990.
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