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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987

WERE

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES IN TONNAGE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+297 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (+132 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+112 PER CENT), BUT INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (-43 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (-29 PER CENT) AND CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER (-12 PER CENT).

SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPOWNERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.

PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES IN THE REPORT.

MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR 1986 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT" FOR 1986, WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $21 PER COPY.

DIRECTED

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PRO IDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234887,

CALL TO FACE UP TO CHALLENGE

THIS IS A TIME OF CHALLENGE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND DISABLED SHOULD NOT FEEL THEY LEFT OUT OF THIS CHALLENGE, THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR, DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY THURSDAY}.

KONG

ARE SIR

OFFICIATING AT THE COMBINED SPEECH DAY OF THE SPECIAL SCHOOLS, SIR DAVID SAID THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE SCHOOLS

RED CROSS TAKE PART, THROUGH THE EDUCATION THEY

COULD WERE RECEIVING, OVERCOMING THEIR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS BUT IN THIS WIDER CHALLENGE

NOT ONLY IN FACING

THE COMMUNITY.

HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE It SCHOOLS ATTACHED

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MAJOR

HOSPITALS WHICH ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE RED CROSS IN HONG KONG,

THESE SCHOOLS