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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1981

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

10 284

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(62.4%)

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

JAN

-

1981

FEB

JAN - FEB

1980

9 128 (70.4%)

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

1 157 +12.7

$ MN.

RE-EXPORTS

6 206

3 835

2 371 +61.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

16 491

12 963

3 528 +27.2

IMPORTS

19 776

15 256

TRADE BALANCE

3 285

2 293

520 +29.6

992

LAST 12 MONTHS

MAR 1980 TO FEB 1981

MAR 1979 TO

FEB 1980

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

69 327

58 754

10 574

+18.0

RE-EXPORTS

32 443

21 218

11 225 +52.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

101 771

79 972

21 799

+27.3

IMPORTS

116 170

90 045

26 125

+29.0

TRADE BALANCE

14 399

10 073

4 326

DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY FOR TSAN YUK HOSPITAL

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO SET UP A PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IN TSAN YUK HOSPITAL AS PART OF A LONG TERM PLAN TO PROVIDE MEDICAL GENETIC SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

THE MILLION-DOLLAR LABORATORY WITH HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT IS PARTLY FINANCED BY A PRIVATE DONATION OF $500 000 FROM A LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST, MR WỤ CHUNG. THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COST AND THE RECURRENT EXPENDITURE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF THE LABORATORY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IN STARTING THE LABORATORY WAS TO DETECT DURING EARLY PREGNANCY INDICATIONS OF A FOETUS DEVELOPING CONGENITAL DEFECTS SO AS TO TAKE REMEDIAL MEASURES.

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