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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1992
THE MINISTERIAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING, SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE ARRIVED EARLIER IN BANGKOK TO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ISSUES.
HONG KONG IS REPRESENTED AT THE SENIOR DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG.
OFFICIALS'
11.
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DELEGATIONS
MEETING BY
DARUSSALAM,
INDONESIA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES,
BRUNEI CURRENT MEMBERS OF APEC INCLUDE AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HONG KONG, THE
OF
MALAYSIA, KOREA,
NEW ZEALAND, THE SINGAPORE, CHINESE TAIPEI, THAILAND AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
REPUBLIC
—
NO PROPOSALS ON TAXI MERGING
SPOKESMAN TODAY PROPOSAL ON
GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A (TUESDAY) SAID THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NOT FORMULATED ANY THE MERGING OF URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS.
"IT IS WRONG TO CONSTRUE THE FORTHCOMING CONSULTANCY AS AN INDICATION THE TRANSPORT NEEDS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OR IS ABOUT TO TAKE A VIEW ON THE ISSUE.
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STUDY ON THAT THE
WHOLE RANGE OF PUBLIC IN FACT, THE STUDY AIMS TO LOOK AT A
HE SAID. TRANSPORT SERVICES TO THE NEW AIRPORT, INCLUDING THE TAXIS,"
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STUDY WILL COMPLETED IN LATE 1993.
START IN
OCTOBER
AND
BE
"THE ADMINISTRATION WILL THEN
STUDY AND SEEK PUBLIC
VIEWS,
THE
TRANSPORT SPECULATING
CONSIDER THE
OF FINDINGS OF INCLUDING THOSE
PUBLIC IS MERGING OPERATORS. AT THIS STAGE, ANY PROPOSAL FOR AND TOTALLY UNFOUNDED," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JUNE
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THE
YEAR
VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS INCREASED BY 1%, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31% OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 22%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23% IN VOLUME,
OF
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES HAVING BEEN DISCOUNTED.
/REGARDING PRICE