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HIN TIN SWIMMING POOL RE-OPENS
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1993
THE HIN TIN PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN SHA TIN WILL TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
BE RE-OPENED
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD CONDUCTED A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE POOL'S STRUCTURE, PIPINGS AND CONNECTIONS, FILTRATION AND DISINFECTION SYSTEM, AND OTHER ENGINEERING ASPECTS, AND FOUND THEM IN
ORDER.
SUBSEQUENTLY, ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE FOR TESTING OF WATER SAMPLES
TAKEN FROM THE SWIMMING POOL.
SINCE RESULTS OF TESTS ON THESE SAMPLES HAD BEEN FOUND ΤΟ BE SATISFACTORY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE POOL COULD BE RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
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PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JULY 1993
IN JULY
1993, RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG GROWTH BUT DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE STILL SLACK. IMPORTS RECORDED A NOTABLE INCREASE.
THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN JULY 1993 ROSE BY $15,721 MILLION OR 26% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $76,503 MILLION. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED MARGINALLY BY $11 MILLION OR 0.1% TO $21,369 MILLION.
TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN JULY 1993 GREW BY $15,710 MILLION OR 19% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $97,872 MILLION.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $13,725 MILLION OR 16% TO $98,690 MILLION.
AS THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS SMALLER THAN THAT OF TOTAL IMPORTS, A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $818 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 0.8% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN JULY 1993.
THIS WAS SMALLER THAN THE DEFICIT OF $2,804 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 3.3% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN JULY 1992.
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