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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1986

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ELIGIBLE PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION NOW. TELEPHONE FOR ENQUIRIES IS 5-8932725.

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PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE BECOME ELIGIBLE SINCE THE LAST REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN JUNE 1985 ARE ALSO URGED TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS. EXAMPLES ARE THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVE TRADES OR PROFESSIONS, OR HAVE BECOME MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO FORM THE LARGEST FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY, THEY ARE INVITED TO PICK UP REGISTRATION FORMS FROM ANY OF THE REGIONAL AND DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES OR AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AND CNTA DISTRICT OFFICES.

APPLICANTS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MUST BE ALREADY ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS BEFORE THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORS.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET ON THE GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL, THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR REGISTRATION ON THAT ROLL IN AUGUST BEFORE SEEKING ENROLMENT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ROLL IN 1987.

PRICE, VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF JANUARY EXTERNAL TRADE

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STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS DECLINED BY 5 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, HENCE, THERE WAS AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 4 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS.

IMPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS, ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ALSO DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.

PRICES OF IMPORTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARE COMPILED. THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM TRADE VALUES BY DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

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