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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $2 706 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT), USA (BY $1 205 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $983 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $514 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $294 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), MACAI! (BY $266 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $250 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $218 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $204 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND PANAMA (BY $176 MILLION OR 118 PER CENT)

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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $43 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $186 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 973 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $857 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $679 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $546 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $409 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

THE AUGUST 1981 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+, BEING A SUMMARY REPORT ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST 1981, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY.

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY NOVEMBER AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG. (TEL. NO.: 5-214375).

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN TUEN MUN SET FOR BOOST

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN TUEN MUN WILL BE MUCH IMPROVED FROM MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW PIER NEAR THE ON TING AND YAU OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW FERRY AND BUS SERVICES.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR TRANSPORT OFFICER, WATERBORNE TRANSPORT, MRS ZINA WONG, SAID A NEW FERRY SERVICE WOULD OPERATE BETWEEN THE NEW TUEN MUN PIER AND BLAKE PIER IN CENTRAL DISTRICT FROM 6.30 AM TO 6 PM MONDAY TO SATURDAY, USING WATERBUSES, DOUBLE-DECKED VESSELS AND HOVER- FERRIES.

FARES WILL RANGE FROM $3 FOR WATERBUSES AND DOUBLE-DECKED VESSELS TO $6 FOR HOVER-FERRIES.

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