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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980

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THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR JUNE 1980 (1973 - 100) WERE RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

375

179

365

184

210

199

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

+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JULY 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$ 3 PER 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 OCTOBER AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$ 10 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).

SIR ALBERT URGES PUBLIC TO HELP REHABILITATE DRUG ADDICTS

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SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO SHOW SYMPATHY TO DRUG ADDICTS AND OFFER THEM JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

HE ALSO URGED THE PUBLIC TO REPORT DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO THE AUTHORITIES,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AT EDINBURGH PLACE, SIR ALBERT SAID ALTHOUGH DRUG ADDICTION IS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEMS, IT HAS NOT ATTRACTED PUBLIC SYMPATHY TO THE SAME DEGREE AS OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE BLINDNESS OR PHYSICAL HANDICAP.

HE SAID DRUG ADDICTION IS NOT NECESSARILY CAUSED BY SELF- INFLICTED DEGRADATION' AS MANY PEOPLE WOULD BELIEVE BUT RATHER, IN MANY CASES, CAUSED BY POOR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS FAMILY AND OTHER PROBLEMS.

+1 WOULD THEREFORE ASK YOU TO DO TWO THINGS, SIR ALBERT SAID.

+FIRST, SHOW SYMPATHY TO VICTIMS OF DRUGS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GIVE UP THE HABIT.

/+IF YOU