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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1989

LADY WILSON VISITS NT YOUTH CENTRE

THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH CENTRES IN HONG ONCE AGAIN WHEN LADY WILSON VISITED ONE IN THE (MONDAY AFTERNOON.

KONG WAS HIGHLIGHTED NEW TERRITORIES THIS

CENTRE, ESTABLISHED AND BEST

THE LONG PING ESTATE'S CHILDREN AND YOUTH BY THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT, IS ONE OF THE NEWEST IN THE TERRITORY.

WIDE RANGE

OCCUPYING 670 SQUARE METRES, THE CENTRE PROVIDES A OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR SOME 7,000 YOUNG PEOPLE.

LADY WILSON WAS SHOWN ROUND THE CENTRE,

GAMES AND ROOMS,

A ROOMS, ACTIVITY PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM AND A PLAYGROUND.

DOMESTIC

WHICH COMPRISES STUDY A

ROOM, SCIENCE

ENGAGED IN THE PROGRAMMES.

SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE CENTRE IS ALSO ACTIVELY

COMMUNITY PROMOTION

BUILDING EDUCATION AND OF CIVIC THOSE WHO JOIN ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE UP VOLUNTARY WORK.

AT THE END OF HER VISIT, LADY WILSON WATCHED A MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE, PUT ON BY MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH CENTRE.

DANCE

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR ADOLF HSU, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROBIN IP, WERE ALSO PRESENT.

FIRST QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN PUBLISHED

CENSUS

EXCEPT

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE

GROUPS IN AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY

QUARTER OF 1989 TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST

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

THE TOTAL VALUE THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 81.0 PER CENT OF OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH

THE

INCREASES LARGEST

IN THE THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 MILLION); (+$1,378 PRODUCTS

EXCEPT OPTICAL PRODUCTS

AND ELECTRONIC

KNITWEAR

(+$479 MILLION);

ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER WERE : ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+$502 MILLION); WEARING APPAREL, FOOTWEAR AND

PROFESSIONAL AND EQUIPMENT (+$389 MILLION); BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL (+$325 MILLION); AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$310 MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE