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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE YARN (BY $238 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $182 MILLION OR 182 PER CENT) AND KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $149 MILLION OR 737 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, PARTICULARLY FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $148 MILLION OR 244 PER CENT).

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 US (BY $716 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $228 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $136 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT), AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $97 MILLION OR 118 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO INDONESIA (BY $595 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $382 MILLION OR 114 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $81 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF US ORIGIN TO SINGAPORE (BY $159 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT) AND CHINA (BY $81 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT).

CHURCH RITES TO MARK ACADEMIC YEAR

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS EDUCATION SUNDAY TO MÁRK THE START OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.

SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR THE OCCASION.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, AND IN KOWLOON, AT ST. TERESA'S CHURCH AND THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.

ALL TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE SERVICES, WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THE TASK THAT LIES AHEAD IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE CHURCH SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL WILL BE HELD AT 9 AM AND SERVICES AT THE OTHER THREE CHURCHES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM.

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND MR MICHAEL LEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.

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