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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1992
AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETS AGAIN
THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON FEBRUARY 17 (MONDAY) TO DISCUSS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FORMATION OF SUB-COMMITTEES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE SAID THE SETTING UP OF SUB-COMMITTEES HAD BEEN PROPOSED TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION OF ISSUES CONCERNING THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS.
"THE MEETING WILL DISCUSS SHOULD BE FORMED," HE ADDED.
WHETHER AND HOW SUB-COMMITTEES
MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, ONE OF THE 10 CORE PROJECTS UNDER THE ACP.
"THE BRIEFING WILL COVER THE SCOPE OF THR PROJECT, THE PRIVATISATION METHODS AND PRIVATISATION PROGRAMME, THE SPOKESMAN
SAID.
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THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT CONFERENCE HALL, FIRST FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICES, MAIN WING (NEW ANNEXE) AND WILL START AT 2.30 PM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO OBSERVE THE PROCEEDINGS ARE REQUESTED TO RESERVE A SEAT BY TELEPHONING MS LEUNG WING-CHONG AT 802 3511 DURING OFFICE HOURS.
AS SEATS IN THE CONFERENCE HALL ARE LIMITED, BOOKINGS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1991
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED VIRTUALLY NO GROWTH IN THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF LAST YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990 WHILE RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 25%, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY
16%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 18% IN VOLUME.
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES, WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES HAVING BEEN DISCOUNTED.
/AS REGARDS