XN000022-1980-09-16 — Page 6

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980

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WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, PURCHASES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED AN UPWARD TREND. NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES (+ 69%), COTTON YARN AND THREAD (+ 68%), RAW COTTON (+ 59%), WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK (+ 33%) AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES + 29%).

FOR CAPITAL GOODS, REMARKABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+ 91 %), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+ 29%) AND OFFICE MACHINES (+ 29%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR END-USE CATEGORIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AGAINST SAME PERIOD IN 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWSE-

RE-EXPORT

VALUES

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES

RE-EXPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS

+ 14%

9%

5%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 38%

8%%

+ 28%

FUELS

+ 22%

+ 58%

22%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 57%

+ 15%

+ 36%

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 44%

+ 13%

+ 27%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 44%

+ 12%

+ 29%

APART FROM FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF WHICH DECLINED BY 22 PER CENT, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUMES OF CONSUMER GOODS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND CAPITAL GOODS ALL SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES (AT 28%, 36% AND 27% RESPECTIVELY).

TECHNICAL EDUCATION CHIEF RETIRES

*****

THE MAN WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS FINALLY CALLING IT A DAY AFTER 26 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

HE IS DERIC DANIEL WATERS, BETTER KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AS DAN, WHO RETIRES AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), A POST WHICH HE HELD SINCE APRIL, 1974.

AT 60,

DAN IS STILL AS SPRIGHTLY AS EVER, KEEPING HIMSELF FIT WALKING AND JOGGING SEVERAL MILES A DAY. HE PRACTISES YOGA AND IS A KARATE BLACK-BELT HOLDER.

/DAN WILL