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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979

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DEMAND CONTINUED ACTIVE FOR RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (A RISE OF $780 MILLION OR 65%), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (A RISE OF $442 MILLION OR 34%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (A RISE OF $390 MILLION OR 85%). CLOTHING (A RISE OF $331 MILLION OR 100%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (A RISE OF $227 MILLION OR 35%).

THE TRADE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1979 (1973-100) WERE AS FOLLOWS:-

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

358

169

212

304

174

175

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX FOR AUGUST 1979 WAS 97.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR LEAVES FOR PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. CHARLES YEUNG, FLEW TO NEW ZEALAND LAST WEEKEND TO ATTEND THE 25TH PLENARY CONFERENCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION.

THE 1979 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT WELLINGTON AND MORE THAN 200 PARLIAMENTARIANS INCLUDING SPEAKERS AND MINISTERS FROM ALMOST ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WILL ATTEND,

TO BE HELD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 26 AND DECEMBER 1, 1979 THE CONFERENCE WILL BE OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND, SIR KEITH HOLYOAKE.

THE CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS PARTICULAR ATTENTION ON THE ENERGY CRISIS, THE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA.

TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAVE REPRESENTED THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION AT SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ABROAD SO FAR THIS YEAR.

MR. FRANCIS TIEN WENT TO LONDON IN MAY ON A COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY VISIT AND MR. PETER C. WONG ATTENDED THE AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN PERTH LAST SEPTEMBER.

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