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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988

GOVERNOR TO GIVE SUMMARY OF ADDRESS ON TV

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL APPEAR ON TELEVISION TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) EVENING TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS DELIVERED EARLIER IN THE DAY AT THE OPENING OF THE 1988-89 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TELEVISION

HONG KONG, WILL

THE PROGRAMME, PRODUCED BY RADIO ALSO BE BROADCAST BY THE RADIO SECTION OF RTHK AND COMMERCIAL RADIO ENGLISH CHANNEL.

ATV GOLD WILL BROADCAST THE PROGRAMME AT 6.55 PM, TVB JADE AT

7 PM, TVB PEARL AT 8 PM AND ATV DIAMOND AT 8.30 PM.

RTHK RADIO 1 (CHINESE), RADIO 3 (ENGLISH) AND COMMERCIAL RADIO ENGLISH CHANNEL WILL BROADCAST THE SUMMARY AFTER THEIR 5.30 PM NEWSCASTS.

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR AUGUST 1988

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN AUGUST 1988, AT $89,928 MILLION, GREW BY 35 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON VALUE OF TRADE IN AUGUST 1988 RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT TO $20,669 IN AUGUST 1988, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 57 PER CENT ΤΟ MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1988 TO MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 33 PER CENT OVER 1987.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PER CENT TO $43,829 MILLION IN AUGUST 1988.

IMPORTS INCREASED

MILLION

$25,431 $46,100 AUGUST

BY 37

COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST 1987, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA (+58 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (+48 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+41 PER CNET).

JAPAN,

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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ALSO WENT UP, BY 25 CENT, 18 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

/HOWEVER, DOMESTIC