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"I am confident that the school will be able to make up for the lost teaching time through measures such as adjustment to the holiday schedule and additional lessons for Secondary 5 students," Mr Lam said.
"We have taken all possible steps to help the school as soon as the problem was made known to the department.
"We will continue to monitor the situation closely and help the school where we can. Education Department officers will visit the school on Monday morning."
End/Friday, February 24, 1995
Analysis of external trade statistics by mode of transport in 1994
The value of Hong Kong's external trade by ocean accounted for 50% of Hong Kong's external trade in 1994, according to the statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department today (Friday).
Another 26% was transported by land and another 18% by air. The remaining 5.0% included shipment by river, postal parcels, and accompanied goods of passengers travelling on various means of transport.
Shipment by ocean amounted to $1,212.4 billion in 1994, with an increase of 13% over that in 1993. Hong Kong's external trade by land went up by 15% to $640.4 billion while that by air also went up by 15% to $447.6 billion in 1994. Table 1 shows changes in value of Hong Kong's external trade analysed by mode of transport in 1994 compared with 1993.
The United States remained the largest destination for Hong Kong's total exports (including domestic exports and re-exports) by ocean, accounting for a share of 33% in value terms in 1994. The value of total exports by ocean to the United States went up by 15% in 1994.
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