WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1983
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SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM EXPLAINED
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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS OF HONG KONG+ IS PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, NOW ON SALE.
IT DEALS WITH THE SYSTEM FOR COMPILING SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS DEVELOPED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EARLY THIS YEAR.
THE STATISTICS ARE COMPILED ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS. THEY ARE USEFUL FOR ANALYSING VESSEL UTILISATION, PORT UTILISATION, MOVEMENT OF COMMODITIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER PORTS, FREQUENCY OF SERVICES RENDERED BY VARIOUS SHIP TYPES, TYPES OF SHIPPING SERVICE, AS WELL AS TYPE AND VOLUME OF CARGO TRANSHIPPED IN HONG KONG.
THE SYSTEM CONTAINS THREE BASIC FILES TO STORE INFORMATION ON SHIP CHARACTERISTICS, VOYAGE AND COMMODITY MOVEMENT, LINKED TOGETHER BY SOME VOYAGE IDENTIFICATION KEYS. FOUR SERIES OF TABULATIONS ARE PRODUCED BY THIS SYSTEM, NAMELY, SHIPPING STATISTICS, PORT-BY-CARGO STATISTICS, CARGO-BY-PORT STATISTICS AND TRANSHIPMENT STATISTICS.
DETAILED SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ QUARTERLY REPORT.
FURTHER DETAILS ON THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM ARE CONTAINED IN THE REVIEW ARTICLE.
THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AT $25 PER COPY.
TEACHERS TO HEAR LATEST ON SMOKING HEALTH HAZARD
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MORE THAN 380 TEACHERS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG WILL BE ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SMOKING AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 19).
THE SEMINAR IS AMONG SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE TO DISCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN, FROM SMOKING.
IT IS THE SECOND SEMINAR ORGANISED SPECIFICALLY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THE HALF-DAY SEMINAR AIMS AT IMPARTING THE LATEST ANTI-SMOKING INFORMATION TO TEACHERS TO HELP THEM COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY
WITH STUDENTS.
/IT WILL
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