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METHYL AL CO HOL

344 571

9

ON

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1987

375 855

9.08

TOTAL

$2 899 023 345

$3 439 932 776

+ 18.66

=

IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT COLLECTED $277.04 MILLION IN AD VALOREM CHARGES ON IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS AND $16.81 MILLION IN CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING LEVIES - AN INCREASE OF 18.7 PER CENT AND 20.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER 1985.

A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN 1987 THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS IN THE SUPPRESSION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, SMUGGLING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA AND COUNTERFEITING ACTIVITIES.

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ALL-OUT EFFORT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE IS MAKING AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S SPRING RECEPTION, MR FONG SAID THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAD TAKEN THE LEAD IN LAUNCHING THE YEAR-LONG CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN SINCE LAST APRIL TO COINCIDE WITH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TERRITORY.

IN ADDITION, A +CIVIC AMBASSADOR SCHEME+ HAD ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED TO HELP PROMOTE CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND TO FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AMONG THEM.

+THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS TO AROUSE RESIDENTS' CONCERN ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE DISTRICT AFFAIRS, MR FONG SAID.

+EVERY CITIZEN, THEREFORE, HAS HIS OWN ROLE TO PLAY TOWARDS MAKING THE DISTRICT A BETTER COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN, HE ADDED.

/MR FONG

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