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MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1983
LAST MONTH
DECEMBER 1982
NOVEMBER
1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
8 391 (65.1%)
7 148 (64.59%)
+1 243
+17.4
RE-EXPORTS
4 496
3 940
556
+14.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
12 887
11 088
+1 799
+16.2
IMPORTS
14 045
12 199
+1 846
+15.1
TRADE BALANCE
- 1 158
- 1 111
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LAST 12 MONTHS
JAN.-DEC.
1982
JAN.-DEC.
1981
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
83 032
80 423
+2 609
+ 3.2
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(65.2%)
(65.8%)
RE-EXPORTS
44 353
41 740
+2 613
+ 6.3
TOTAL EXPORTS
127 385
122 163
+5 222
+ 4.3
IMPORTS
142 894
138 375
+4 519
+ 3.3
TRADE BALANCE
-15 509
-16 212
703
VIEWS ON FACTORY AND JOB LOCATIONS BEING SURVEYED
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A SURVEY IS TO BE COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TO FIND OUT THE VIEWS OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ON THE PROS AND CONS OF INDUSTRIAL JOB DECENTRAL ISATION.
THE SIX-MONTH SURVEY, WHICH WILL BEGIN TOMORROW, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROGER TYM AND PARTNERS.
AN AGREEMENT FOR THE UNDERTAKING WAS SIGNED THIS AFTERNOON BY THE GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH, DR TED PRYOR, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE, MR S.K. CHAN.
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DR PRYOR SAID THAT A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE SELECTED FROM TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AS WELL AS DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN THE URBAN AREA.
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