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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988

JAN-AUG 1988

JAN-AUG

INCREASE

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

HK$ MN.

1987 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

136,423

123,296

13,127

10.6

[% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(45.0%)

(52.3 %)

RE-EXPORTS

166,726

112.575

54,151

18.

1

TOTAL EXPORTS

303,149

235.871

67.278

28. 5

IMPORTS

309,913

237,384

72,529

30.6

TRADE BALANCE

-6,764

-1,513

-5,251

SEP 87 TO

SEP 86 TO

INCREASE

AUG 88

LAST 12 MONTHS

DOMESTIC EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

HK$ MN.

AUG 87 HK$ MN.

HKS MN.

208,380

182,838

25,542

14.0

236,932

160,894

76,038

47.3

445,312

343,732

101,580

29.6

450,477

342,350

108,127

31.6

-5,165

1.382

-6,517

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SEMINAR ON NOISE POLLUTION IN MONG KOK

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WILL

IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN

A SEMINAR ON NOISE POLLUTION TO BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 1988-89 IN THE MONG KOK DISTRICT.

ENVIRONMENTAL

ANTI-NOISE POLLUTION IS THE MAIN THEME OF THIS YEAR'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AND THE SEMINAR, TO BE HELD AT GRAND TOWER HOTEL, HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD.

NOISE

AN EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS SET UP TODAY ON THE CROSS BRIDGE BETWEEN PHASE I AND II OF THE ARGYLE CENTRE, FOCUSSES ON POLLUTION IN GENERAL AND THE PROBLEM IN MONG KOK IN PARTICULAR, IT IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING FROM 10.30 AM TO 10 PM DAILY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30.

SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE MR WAN SEK-LUEN, MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DR IP PO-KEUNG, LECTURER OF LINGNAN COLLEGE; MR RAYMOND CHAN, PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT; AND MR NIP MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE NOISE POLLUTION CONCERN WORKING GROUP OF THE CAMPAIGN'S CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.

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