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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1994
DISTRICT THE
IN
OF PARTICULAR THE HARD WORK
THE HE COMMENDED OFFICES AND THEIR COMMUNITY ORGANISERS. ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF ALL REGISTRATION FORMS WERE RETURNED THROUGH THE DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE
CHAIRMAN SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE EXUBERANT OF THE MEDIA, SCHOOLS, YOUTH GROUPS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS, ABOVE ALL, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD SENT IN THEIR REGISTRATION FORMS.
SUPPORT
OTHER
VOTER
HOWEVER, MR JUSTICE WOO SAID HE HAD HOPED A HIGHER REGISTRATION RATE COULD BE ACHIEVED AMONG THE 18-21 AGE GROUP.
"IT
EXAMINATION YOUNGSTERS.
IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD CLASHED SEASON. THIS MIGHT HAVE DAMPENED THE RESPONSE
PUBLIC
WITH THE FROM OUR
AWARENESS
MR
WOO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PROMOTING JUSTICE AMONG THE YOUNGSTERS WOULD REQUIRE LONG-TERM CIVIC EDUCATION EFFORTS.
HE FLEDGED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD CONTINUE TO REACH OUT THIS TARGET GROUP IN ITS FUTURE REGISTRATION DRIVES.
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VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN APRIL 1994
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THE
IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1994, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 12% OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHILE THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC STATISTICS RELEASED DEPARTMENT.
EXPORTS TODAY
DECREASED BY 8.9%,
ΤΟ ACCORDING THE (FRIDAY) BY
CENSUS AND STATISTICS
OF
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7.6%. MEANWHILE, IMPORTS INCREASED BY 8.2% IN VOLUME.
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES BEING DISCOUNTED.
AND
AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON,
0.9% PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY THE 0.6% RESPECTIVELY. IMPORT PRICES INCREASED BY 1.5%.
WHICH
PRICE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED BY CHANGES IN UNIT VALUE
COMPILED ARE
BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT
VALUES
OR,
FOR
INDICES,
CERTAIN
COMMODITIES, BASED ON SPECIFIC PRICE DATA.
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THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF TOTAL PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX, DECREASED BY 0.9% IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1994 OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
INCREASED TAKING MEANWHILE, THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 8.1%.
COMPARING APRIL 1994 WITH APRIL 1993, THE VOLUME OF
BY 11%, WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED
THE VOLUME OF TOTAL TOGETHER,
EXPORTS INCREASED
RE-EXPORTS
BY
BY
7.7%.
7.0%.
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