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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1983

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THE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECTIONS OF THE FUTURE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, LABOUR FORCE AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS,

WITHOUT ESTIMATES OF THE FUTURE POPULATION AND ITS AGE STRUCTURE, PLANNING FOR EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, TRANSPORT, "ANPOWER AND SO ON WOULD BE HAZARDOUS, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE,+ HE SAID.

THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME 1 CONTAINS THE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESPECTIVE TOPICS PLUS CHAPTERS ON THE CENSUS METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY; AND ALSO PRESENTS THE RESULTS AS SUMMARY TABLES IN THE REPORT.

VOLUME 2 CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF STATISTICAL TABLES COVERING THESE TOPICS.

RESULTS OF THE 1981 CENSUS ON THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, INCOME AND OCCUPATION OF THE POPULATION BY DISTRICT HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY PUBLISHED IN A FORM OF A STATISTICAL MAP. THIS IS ON SALE AT $2 PER COPY.

SWISS URGED TO SELL MORE TO HONG KONG *****

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR BILL DORWARD TODAY (MONDAY) INVITED SWITZERLAND TO BOOST ITS EXPORTS TO HONG KONG AND THROUGH HONG KONG TO OTHER PLACES IN ASIA.

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OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF +SWISSEXPO FAR EAST+, MR DORWARD SAID: IMPORTS ARE WELCOME FROM ANYWHERE, EVEN COUNTRIES WHICH CHOOSE TO PUT UP BARRIERS TO HONG KONG EXPORTS AND THAT, REGRETTABLY, MEANS MOST COUNTRIES IN WESTERN EUROPE. SWITZERLAND IS, HOWEVER, A SPLENDID EXCEPTION AND MAINTAINS NO TRADE BARRIERS AGAINST IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG.

+THIS REFLECTS, OF COURSE, A BASIC FREE TRADE PHILOSOPHY VERY SIMILAR TO THAT WHICH GUIDES OUR POLICY HERE. I BELIEVE IT IS TO A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE THE FACT THAT BOTH SWITZERLAND AND HONG KONG HAVE DECLINED TO RESORT TO PROTECTIONIST DEVICES WHICH HAS SUSTAINED THEM SO RELATIVELY WELL DURING THIS LONG NIGHT OF WORLD TRADE RECESSION, MR DORWARD REMARKED.

HE ASSURED SWISS TRADERS THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO OFFER A FREE AND OPEN MARKET TO SWITZERLAND.

+THE BALANCE OF TRADE HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN HEAVILY IN SWITZERLAND'S FAVOUR, TO THE EXTENT OF ABOUT HK$1 BILLION A YEAR OUT OF A TOTAL TWO-WAY TRADE OF OVER HK$4.5 BILLION.

+THIS, OF ITSELF, IS NOT A MATTER OF CONCERN TO US. IF THAT IMBALANCE IS TO BE ADDRESSED IN ANY WAY IT MUST BE BY US MAKING GREATER EFFORTS IN OUR EXPORTS TO SWITZERLAND.+

HE POINTED