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The opening ceremony was one of the department's events in the Serving the Community Week programme organised by the Government.
Members of the Customer Liaison Group on Trade Matters of the department were invited to attend the ceremony.
A spokesman for the department stressed that the department was committed to providing the public with efficient, courteous and high quality services.
"To improve the environment in which members of the public can obtain services of the department, the two service centres have recently been re-furnished," he said.
The Trade Statistics Dissemination Section is mainly responsible for disseminating trade statistics to the public, including the handling of public enquiries on trade statistics. The public can visit the public reading area of the section during office hours to look up and extract trade statistics from publications and computer printouts.
As for the Trade Statistics Processing Section, it is mainly responsible for processing cargo manifests submitted by shipping and forwarding companies. Besides receiving cargo manifests, the section also handles enquiries from the public on cargo statistics.
The spokesman added that the department welcomed any comments or suggestions on the way the services of the two centres were delivered.
Members of the public may write to the Service Manager (Trade Matters) of the department at 17th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road or telephone 2582 4900.
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Primary schools invited to join extensive reading scheme
Primary schools are invited to participate in Phase III of the Hong Kong Extensive Reading Scheme in English next September.
A total of 40 schools will be selected to join the scheme.
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