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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988

TABLE 6: RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION

COMMODITY

DIVISION

JAN-MAR

1988

JAN-MAR 88

OVER JAN-MAR 87

MAR 1988

MAR 88

OVER MAR 87

(HKD MN.)

(%)

(HKD MN.)

(%)

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

6,842

+20

2,609

+13

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS

THEREOF

5,445

+80

2,072

+72

ARTICLES OF APPAREL,

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

5,326

+19

1.413

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY

CARRIAGES, TOYS,

GAMES

AND SPORTING GOODS)

1,525

+53

1,454

+23

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

3,211

+58

1,099

+39

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

2,112

+20

769

+13

INDUSTRY HEAD OUTLINES HK'S ADVANTAGES

*

A SOUTHERN ROUTE" INTO CHINA, HONG KONG REPRESENTS THE WHICH OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES OVER ENTRY FROM ANY OTHER DIRECTION, DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

ROUTE

THE

INDUSTRIAL MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT AN

SEOUL.

PROMOTION SEMINAR

IN

HE SAID AN OVERSEAS

MANUFACTURER CONSIDERING

ESTABLISHING A OFFSHORE MANUFACTURING TO CHINA,

PLANT IN HONG KONG MIGHT VIEW HONG KONG AS AN BASE WITH UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS DERIVED FROM ITS NEARNESS OR AS A GATEWAY TO A HUGE POTENTIAL MARKET OF ONE BILLION PEOPLE.

/"AND MANY