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THE THREE-DAY MEETING IS EXPECTED TO BE ATTENDED BY SOME 50 HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM THE PARTICIPATING AREAS.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED WILL INCLUDE CHOLERA, AIDS AND THE STRENGTHENING OF POSSIBLE CO-OPERATION IN SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PARTICULARLY IN THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
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PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE MADE BY CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA.
PUBLICATION ON 1991 HK EXTERNAL TRADE ON SALE
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THE CENSUS AND
STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A PUBLICATION GIVING AN OVERALL PICTURE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR.
THE "ANNUAL REVIEW OF HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, 1991" PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE EXTERNAL TRADE IN 1991 WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR EARLIER YEARS.
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE AMOUNTED то $1,545 BILLION IN 1991, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT OVER 1990.
RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE RAPIDLY. IN
1991, THEY TOTALLED $535 BILLION, CONSTITUTING ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW ARE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ANALYSED BY COUNTRY (AS MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S EXPORTS AND AS SUPPLIER FOR HONG KONG'S IMPORTS) AND BY COMMODITY.
ON IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND END-USE CATEGORY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. THE LATTER REFERS ΤΟ THE GROUPING OF COMMODITIES INTO BROAD CATEGORIES SUCH AS RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS WHICH ARE USEFUL FOR RESEARCH.
SEPARATE STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE TRADE AND SET OUT TO HELP ANALYSIS OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL MODES OF TRANSPORT.
SEABORNE TRADE ARE TRADE BY DIFFERENT
IN 1991, THE VALUES OF SEABORNE TRADE AND AIRBORNE TRADE, ACCOUNTING FOR 52 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE RESPECTIVELY, RECORDED INCREASES OF 21 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER 1990.
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