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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1992
OF
THE
THOSE
IMPROVE OF THE CENT AND 37 PER OF LIVING FOR CLIENTS, AND TO
FOR RATES
VARIOUS
OF TYPES
OF THE WORST-OFF MEMBERS
HAS DECIDED TO "IT IS INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM BY INCREASING THE OVERALL BENEFITS EXISTING SCHEMES BY RATES VARYING BETWEEN FOUR PER CENT, TO PROVIDE A HIGHER STANDARD IMPROVE THE DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN CLIENTS TO REMEDY COMMUNITIES," HE SAID.
THE
PLIGHT
PROFESSOR CHOW
SAID THE
PACKAGE
ADDING THAT
SECURITY PROPOSED SOCIAL SHOULD HELP TO UPGRADE THE LIVING STANDARDS OF THE NEEDY, "THIS IS A VERY WELCOMING AND ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT",
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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR AUGUST RELEASED
YEAR, WITH AUGUST BY (MONDAY)
THE
AT
TOTAL
MERCHANDISE
$161,148 MILLION,
LAST YEAR,
TRADE
IN
AUGUST THIS INCREASED BY 20% IN VALUE AS COMPARED ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE
SAME
THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON,
VALUE
EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2% TO $20,833 MILLION WHILE THAT ROSE BY 29% TO $60,943 MILLION.
OF DOMESTIC OF RE-EXPORTS
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE
MEANWHILE, TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21% TO $81,777 MILLION. VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 19% TO $79,371 MILLION.
OF
THE
MONTHS
THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST EIGHT OF THIS YEAR, AT $1,187 BILLION, INCREASED BY 22% AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OVER THE SAME
INCREASED
BY
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE 2% TO $149 BILLION WHILE $431 BILLION.
THAT
OF
OF DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS
EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31% TO
THE VALUE
$580 OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 22% TO WHILE THAT OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23% TO $607 BILLION.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
BILLION
10 MAJOR
COMPARING AUGUST 1992 WITH AUGUST 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED SINGAPORE (+15%), IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TAIWAN (+37%), CHINA (+12%), THE UNITED STATES (+8%) AND CANADA (+2%).
DECREASES HOWEVER,
GERMANY
WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ
JAPAN (-15%),
(-10%), NETHERLANDS (-8%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (-3%).
FRANCE
(-9%),
THE
/COMPARING THE