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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989

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WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 36.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 215.706 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 310.712 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 53.0 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

MILLION

1988 EXPORTS STATISTICS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN PUBLISHED

THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1988 TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 83 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SIX INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ; WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR; TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER 1987 WERE : ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$10,748 MILLION); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$3,948 MILLION); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL MILLION); AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS MILLION).

(+$2,373 (+$2,076

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IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER 1987 WERE : MACHINERY EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+56 PER CENT); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+52 PER CENT); BEVERAGES (+38 PER CENT); AND TOBACCO (+36 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, A FEW INDUSTRIES RECORDED A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1988 AS COMPARED WITH 1987.

THEY WERE : PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$1,584 MILLION OR -12 PER CENT); TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (-$145 MILLION OR -0.4 PER CENT); AND WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (-$15 MILLION OR -2 PER CENT}.

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