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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1982

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

LAST MONTH

JAN. 1982

DEC. 1981

MN.

$ MK.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

6 239 (65.3%)

7 798 (66.6%)

-- 1 559

-20.0

RE-EXPORTS

3 319

3 902

583

-15.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

9 558

11 700

- 2 142

-18.3

IMPORTS

10 023

13 017

- 2 994

-23.0

TRADE BALANCE

465

- 1 317

852

LAST 12 MONTHS

FEB. 1981

TO JAN. 1982

FEB. 1980

TO

INCREASE OR

JAN. 1981

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

80 317

69 520

+10 797

+15.5

RE-EXPORTS

41 730

31 353

+10 378

+33.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

122 047

100 872

+21 175

+21.0

IMPORTS

137 712

114 204

+23 509

+20.6

TRADE BALANCE

-15 665

-13 332

- 2 333

POLLUTION CONTROLS FOR TOLO HARBOUR

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TOLO HARBOUR WAS TODAY DECLARED HONG KONG'S FIRST WATER CONTROL ZONE.

THE ORDER WAS MADE UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE WHICH CREATES A MEANS TO INTRODUCE CONTROLS ON DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS IN AREAS WHERE WATER POLLUTION IS IN DANGER OF REACHING UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONTROLS WOULD COME INTO EFFECT ON A DAY TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AFTER WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES WERE DEFINED AND THE NECESSARY REGULATIONS AGREED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TOLO HARBOUR WATER CONTROL ZONE CONSTITUTED A MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCE' FOR THE DEVELOPING NEW TERRITORIES, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO ACCOMMODATE SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AND TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT RECREATIONAL RESOURCE. HOWEVER, THE WATERS WITHIN THIS ZONE ARE CURRENTLY AT RISK OF SEVERE POLLUTION, OWING TO ITS SPECIAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

/TOLO HARBOUR