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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1987
AS REGARDS FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, THE FURTHER EXPLORATION OF TWO SPECIFIC MEASURES IS PROPOSED. THE FIRST WOULD INVOLVE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON A COST-SHARING BASIS UNDER WHICH EXPERTS FROM OVERSEAS WOULD VISIT HONG KONG AND WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. THE AIM WOULD BE TO MATCH NEEDS AND INTEREST IN HONG KONG WITH THE TECHNOLOGICAL STRENGTHS AVAILABLE IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY.
THE SECOND MEASURE WOULD INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY CENTRE TO CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDED TO ATTRACT FIRMS ENGAGED IN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, PRODUCT DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION IS PRESENTLY UNDERTAKEN
BY THE DEPARTMENT'S ONE STOP UNIT IN HONG KONG AND ITS FIVE OVERSEAS OFFICES IN LONDON, BRUSSELS, TOKYO, SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK. LAST YEAR OVERSEAS FIRMS ASSISTED BY THE DEPARTMENT INVESTED SOME $550 MILLION IN MANUFACTURING IN HONG KONG.
1986 AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED *****
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN 1986, AT $122 927 MILLION, INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS AS COMPARED WITH 1985, ACCORDING TO SUMMARY STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN 1986, 28 PER CENT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 21 PER CENT OF IMPORTS AND 19 PER CENT OF RE-EXPORTS (ALL BY VALUE) WERE CARRIED BY AIR. THESE REPRESENTED INCREASES AS COMPARED WITH THE 26 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY (ALL BY VALUE) OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS CARRIED BY AIR IN 1985.
IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 204 446 TONNES OR 0.4 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL IMPORT TONNAGE, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS ACCOUNTED FOR 332 314 TONNES OR 1.5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPORT TONNAGE.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.
/ANALYSED BY
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