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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1987

THEY WILL GOODS

"ON THE PART OF TRADERS, THIS WILL MAINLY MEAN THAT HAVE TO LOOK UP THE CORRECT HK HS CODE FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF

LIST WHEN FILLING FROM A NEW CLASSIFICATION

IN TRADE DECLARATION AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FORMS. THE JOB IS NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL AS

SITC AND ARTICLES IN HK HS CODES AND A CORRELATION TABLE BETWEEN THE

FOR THE THE HK HS CODES ARE PROVIDED TO FACILITATE TRADERS SEARCHING CORRECT HK HS CODES AND TO MAKE CROSS-REFERENCES.

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USING THE

HS, A WIDE RANGE OF TO PREPARE TRADERS FOR PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES WILL BE LAUNCHED.

THE SPOKESMAN URGED TRADERS TO MAKE EARLY PREPARATIONS FOR CHANGEOVER AND TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE TRAINING SEMINARS DUE START LATER THIS YEAR.

THE

TO

ENQUIRIES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SYSTEM MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE 17/F, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 5-8234919.

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WAN

ON THE NEW CLASSIFICATION CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

ROAD, HARBOUR

CHAI,

AT

HONG KONG

ON

MORE DOMESTIC FLOORSPACE ADDED IN JUNE

ALMOST 325,000 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOORSPACE

WAS ADDED

IN HONG KONG DURING JUNE, OF WHICH JUST OVER 149,000 SQUARE METRES WAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THIS IS REVEALED IN THE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF THE WORK OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.

THIS EXTRA FLOORSPACE MEANS THAT MORE THAN 750,000 SQUARE METRES HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1987, WELL UP ON THE FIGURE OF 583,000 SQUARE METRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

563,000

AT THE SAME TIME, ABOUT 217,000 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC

TOTAL FLOORSPACE WAS ADDED, GIVING A

OF JUST OVER

SQUARE

METRES FOR THE JANUARY JUNE PERIOD.

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THE FLOORSPACE WAS PROVIDED IN

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COMPLETED BUILDINGS WHICH

WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH.

IN JUNE, THE COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS $1,686 MILLION, GIVING A TOTAL FOR THE YEAR SO FAR OF $4,547.3

MILLION.

/ALSO DURING