XN000022-1980-09-28 — Page 2

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1980

SIR MURRAY TO GIVE TV INTERVIEW

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HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE GIVING AN EXTENDED TELEVISION INTERVIEW ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 3). THE TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE USE OF RTHK'S OUTSIDE BROADCAST FACILITIES AND WILL BE LIVE FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

THE INTERVIEW WITH SIR MURRAY WILL BE BROADCAST IN THE ENGLISH CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME HERE AND NOW+, WHICH FOR THIS SPECIAL EDITION WILL BE TRANSMITTED ON BOTH TVB PEARL AND RTV-2 AT 7.30 PM. IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN PART IN A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE INTERVIEWER WILL BE CHRIS HILTON, +HERE AND NOW'S+ PRODUCER AND CO-PRESENTER.

CHINESE-LANGUAGE EXTRACTS FROM THE PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED IN EXTENDED NEWS BULLETINS ON TVB JADE AND RTV-1 THE SAME EVENING AND RTV PLAN TO RE-RUN A CHINESE VERSION OF THE FULL INTERVIEW ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 4) AT 6 PM.

RADIO COVERAGE WILL BE EXTENSIVE. RTHK WILL CARRY THE WHOLE INTERVIEW LIVE IN ENGLISH ON RADIOS 3 AND 4, WITH A SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION FOR CHINESE LISTENERS ON RADÍOS 1 AND 2. COMMERCIAL RADIO WILL BROADCAST THE CHINESE-LANGUAGE VERSION SIMULTANEOUSLY ON CR1, PLUS RECORDED EXTRACTS IN ENGLISH NEWS BULLETINS ON CRE.

IT IS LIKELY THAT THE INTERVIEW WILL CENTRE ON AREAS COVERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE OPENING OF THE 1980/81 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, BUT SIR MURRAY HAS AGREED ALSO TO DISCUSS OTHER TOPICS. THE LIVE BROADCAST CAN THEREFORE BE EXPECTED TO BE WIDE-RANGING.

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR AUGUST

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S MERCHANDISE TRADE IN AUGUST 1980.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS FOR AUGUST WAS $9 465 MILLION, MADE UP OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $6 769 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $2696 MILLION. WITH IMPORTS AT $9 448 MILLION, THE VISIBLE TRADE ACCOUNT RECORDED A SURPLUS OF $17 MILLION.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1979, THE FOLLOWING INCREASES BY VALUE WERE RECORDED : $963 MILLION, OR 17 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS- $939 MILLION, OR 53 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS= $1 902 MILLION, OR 25 PER CENT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS AND $2 101 MILLION, OR 29 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THOSE FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAVE INCREASED IN VALUE BY 28 PER CENT, RE-EXPORTS BY 46 PER CENT, TOTAL EXPORTS BY 33 PER CENT AND IMPORTS BY 32 PER CENT.

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