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THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1989

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APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PLANNING (DESIGNATE) ANNOUNCED

FOR

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY THAT MR ROBERT UPTON, OF WILL

THE POST ASSUME AND WORKS, LANDS DEPUTY SECRETARY

THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING (DESIGNATE) TOMORROW WITH A VIEW TO BECOMING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SUBJECT TO CREATION OF THE POST EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR UPTON:

MR ROBERT UPTON, JP

SERVICE IN

1972.

AGED 38. MR UPTON JOINED THE ADMINISTRATIVE HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES.

SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WORKS IN MARCH

ASSISTANT FINANCIAL MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS (1979-82), CLERK OF COUNCILS (1982-84), PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER (1985-86), DEPUTY (1986-89), AND BECAME DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND 1989.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF STAFF GRADE B IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

ADMINISTRATIVE

OFFICER

2ND QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

* * * * *

BY THE (THURSDAY) MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY

ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE SIX GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; WERE : OF 1989

APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR WEARING KNITTING;

AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC KNITWEAR; PROFESSIONAL

INCLUDING

ELECTRICAL

AND

BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

TEXTILES,

AND PRODUCTS; AND

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

INCREASES IN THE WITH THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

OF 1988 ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER

APPAREL, WERE TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$978 MILLION); WEARING

EXCEPT MACHINERY, MILLION); (+$755 KNITWEAR AND EXCEPT FOOTWEAR

PRODUCTS (+$294 ELECTRICAL (+3448 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$192 MILLION); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE ...................