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SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1982

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IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE SURVEY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCHING OF A SERIES OF IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE SURVEYS. THESE SURVEYS ARE CONDUCTED TO COLLECT PRICE DATA ON SELECTED GOODS FROM PRINCIPAL IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS.

THE IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES TO BE COMPILED FROM THE DATA COLLECTED ARE USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING UNIT VALUE INDEXES PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE ACCURATE MEASURES OF PRICE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS TRADED.

A NUMBER OF IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR THIS SURVEY. CENSUS AND SURVEY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THEM SHORTLY AND REQUEST INFORMATION ON THE PRICE AND RELATED DATA IN CONNECTION WITH RECENT SHIPMENTS.

THE SAMPLED FIRMS ARE URGED TO GIVE FULL SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION TO THE SURVEY.

ALL THE DATA COLLECTED WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND USED SOLELY FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS PURPOSES.

+PROTECT YOUR HEART+ CAMPAIGN

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING A SERIES OF CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE GREATER AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY HEART.

THE CAMPAIGN, SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION AND THE HONG KONG CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AIMS TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE +PROTECT YOUR HEART, HAVE AN EARLY START+.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE IS A TENDENCY WORLD-WIDE THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DIE OF HEART DISEASES AS A RESULT OF INTENSE URBANISATION AND HECTIC LIFE.

IN HONG KONG, MORE THAN 7 000 PERSONS DIED OF VARIOUS HEART DISEASES LAST YEAR, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF ALL DEATHS.

THE HIGH DEATH TOLL OF HEART DISEASES, WHICH INCLUDE HYPERTENSIVE AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, EXCEEDED THAT OF CANCER, HE ADDED.

THE +HEALTHY HEART+ CAMPAIGN WILL START WITH A MENU PLANNING AND COOKING CONTEST, WHICH IS JOINTLY RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT AND A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION.

A SERIES OF 13 RADIO TALKS BY CARDIOLOGISTS FOCUSING ON HEART DISEASES WILL BE BROADCAST FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER ON RADIO HONG KONG CHANNEL I.

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