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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981

1980 (HK$ MN.)

1979

(

HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

8 394

5 663

+2 731

+48

JAPAN

5 884

3 393

+2 491

+ 73

USA

3 157

2 286

871

+ 38

TAIWAN

2 134

898

+1 236

+138

REP. OF KOREA

877

513

364

+ 71

RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION

WHEN ANALYSED BY ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (BY $955 MILLION OR 130%), INDONESIA (BY $317 MILLION OR 46%), NIGERIA (BY $203 MILLION OR 87%), AND MACAU (BY $112 MILLION OR 100%). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO INDONESIA (BY $700 MILLION OR 101%), CHINA (BY $541 MILLION OR 149%) AND SINGAPORE (BY $338 MILLION OR 79%). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $206 MILLION OR 158%) AND TAIWAN (BY $201 MILLION OR 69%).

FCO MINISTER DROPS BY

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MR PETER BLAKER, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MADE A BRIEF STOPOVER IN HONG KONG THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING ON HIS WAY TO SEOUL TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE KOREAN

PRESIDENT.

MR BLAKER WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.

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