LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1992
SEP 91 TO
SEP 90 TO
INCREASE
AUG 92 HK$ MN.
AUG 91 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
233,733
230,267
3,466
1.5
636,973
485,230
151,743
31.3
870,706
715,497
155, 209
21.7
890,907
735,572
155, 335
21.1
-20, 201
-20,075
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ASPIRATIONS OF PEOPLE HELP WIN THROUGH CHANGES
THE QUALITIES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT HAS ALLOWED HONG KONG то WIN THROUGH CHANGES, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID YESTERDAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF "SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION" CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO IN CANADA, MR JAMES 50 SAID: "WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH.'
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"IT WAS TOO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO JUMP TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HONG KONG VISION WAS BLINKERED AND BOUND TO MONEY-MAKING, HE NOTED.
"IT IS TRUE THAT PROSPERITY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONPLACE HONG KONG ASPIRATIONS, BUT IT IS GENERALLY LINKED TO ANOTHER MORE PROFOUND ASPIRATION HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF ONE'S FAMILY AND ONE'S
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COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
HE SAID OVER THE YEARS, UNDER THE MOST DREADFUL CIRCUMSTANCES OF WAR, PRIVATION AND POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD MANAGED то PRESERVE THEIR HOPES AND WORK TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW,
"I BELIEVE THAT HONG KONG HAS MATURED INTO A CIVILISED WHERE LIFE IS NOT UNREMITTING TOIL.
SOCIETY
"INSTEAD, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO ENJOY SPORTS AND THE ARTS AND WORTHWHILE LEISURE PURSUITS AND A BALANCE IS STRUCK BETWEEN THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LEGITIMATE CURBS THAT ENSURE OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ARE NOT INFRINGED.
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HE CITED SOME OF THE FACTORS WHICH HAD ENABLED HONG KONG ΤΟ MEET THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGE AND TO EMERGE STRONGER AND MORE PROSPEROUS.
AND STABLE GOVERNMENT,
HE SAID.
"FIRST, THERE MUST BE A STRONG PROVIDING A FAIR AND RESPONSIVE ADMINISTRATION,'
/"SECONDLY, THERE
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