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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989

OF

SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 68

CONTAINERISED PARTICULAR, IN CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OR NEARLY ALL OF SEABORNE EXPORTS KINGDOM, WEST GERMANY, THE U.S.A. AND AUSTRALIA.

PER

CARGO TO THE UNITED

EXPORTS IN THE

OF

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 ROSE BY 17 PER CENT OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER 1987.

ALL

SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY

MANUFACTURES, CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS; PLASTIC

OR OTHER NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; TOYS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; COTTON TEXTILES AND MANUFACTURES ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.

FROM

GENERAL

SHIPMASTERS OR ENTERING

COMPILED PRIMARILY ARE STATISTICS SHIPPING DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.

STATISTICS ARE CARGO

COMPILED

FROM OCEAN PORT AND MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CARGO AND

CONSIGNMENTS

STATISTICS. THE

BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.

THE MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR

THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN STATISTICS REPORT" FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1988, WHICH IS NOW ON AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, AT $22 PER COPY.

+

TO THE DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234887.

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS SECTION OF SHIPPING

DIRECTED STATISTICS

GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

* *

ALL

(THURSDAY } BATHING

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED THE GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

IS TO BACTERIAL

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM

SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF INFORM POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.

THE GRADING