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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985

SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, TO VISIT THE LEGAL FUNCTIONAL

CONSTITUENCY POLLING STATION AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, ROOM 1229, SWIRE HOUSE, CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL.

SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, TO INSPECT COUNTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND TO VISIT THE PRESS CENTRE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHA1.

CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TO VISIT THE COUNTING AND PRESS CENTRES AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI.

SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, TO GIVE A WRAP-UP PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ELECTIONS AFTER THE WHOLE PROCEEDING IS OVER AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI.

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR AUGUST

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO GROW IN AUGUST 1985, BY $1 648 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT OVER AUGUST 1984, TO REACH $8 818 MILLION, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, HOWEVER, FELL OVER THE SAME PERIOD BY $1 757 MILLION, OR 13 PER CENT, TO $11 982 MILLION.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS DECLINED BY $109 MILLION, OR 0.5 PER CENT, TO $20 800 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS ALSO FELL MARGINALLY, BY $8 MILLION, TO $19 116 MILLION.

IN CONSEQUENCE, A VISIBLE TRADE SURPLUS, EQUIVALENT TO NINE PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN AUGUST 1985, SAME AS IN AUGUST 1984.

PUTTING THE MONTH'S TRADE FIGURES INTO CONTEXT, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1985 WAS $154 339 MILLION, MADE UP OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF $83 967 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS OF $70 372 MILLION. COMPARED WITH THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1984, THE VALUES OF TOTAL EXPORTS AND OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND 37 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FELL BY SIX PER CENT.

/THE VALUE