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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1980

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THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR MARCH 1980 (1973 RELEASED AS FOLLOWS #-

100) WERE

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

282

174

163

371

179

207

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE UNIT VALUE INDEX FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THAT FOR IMPORTS, FOR MARCH 1980 WAS 97.

+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN APRIL 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $3 A COPY,

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY JULY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE AT $10.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SALES OF PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG, TEL NO 5-214375.

CONTROL ON STREET NAMING

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A BILL SEEKING TO CONTROL THE NAMING OF STREETS AND TO PREVENT THE USE OF NAMES IN PRIVATE STREETS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE INAPPROPRIATE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO 2) BILL, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES FOR NAMING OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES RESPECTIVELY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WOULD ENABLE THE TWO TO CARRY OUT AND HAVE GREATER CONTROL OVER THE NAMING OF STREETS.

+HOWEVER, THE BILL PERMITS A PERSON WHO IS THE OWNER OF LAND ON WHICH A PRIVATE STREET IS SITUATED TO PROPOSE A NAME OR AN ALTERATION OF A NAME FOR THAT STREET.

+SUCH A PROPOSAL WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE AUTHORITY AND IF THE NAME IS ACCEPTABLE, THE AUTHORITY IS TO MAKE A DECLARATION NAMING THAT PRIVATE STREET.

/+ IF, HOWEVER