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Substantial progress on anti-drug actions
The Government has made good progress on the two anti-drug action plans which resulted from the Governor's Summit Meeting on Drugs in March last year, the third quarterly progress report, covering the period from October 1 to December 31, revealed today (Thursday)..
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The major achievements in the quarter covered by the report are:
✦ the Customs and Excise Department has set up a new team to implement controls on precursor chemicals(used in the illicit manufacture of drugs). The new control system commenced on January 1;
* Education Department has revised and improved the assistance package to every residential drug treatment agency to provide education for their clients;
the video targeted at parents on the handling of drug problems among their children has been produced; and
* the new team of six specially trained social workers to help young abusers
has started operation in October last year as scheduled.
Domestic export statistics by industrial origin
The four major industries of textiles; wearing apparel; machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components; and consumer electrical and electronic products together accounted for 69% of Hong Kong's total domestic exports of manufactured goods in 1995, according to statistics released today (Thursday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
In 1995, domestic exports of machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components increased significantly, by 24% over a year carlier to $39.6 billion. Those of wearing apparel increased by 3% to $42.3 billion.
On the other hand. domestic exports of textiles and consumer electrical and electronic products both decreased by 3% to $45.7 billion and $31.6 billion respectively.