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CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

79

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989

4

-1

19

3

15

9

4

5

20

4

16

* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING AUGUST 1989

WITH AUGUST 1988

COMPARING JAN-AUG 1989

WITH JAN-AUG 1988

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

%%

%%%

%

%%

FOODSTUFFS

CONSUMER GOODS

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

FUELS

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

6

5

7

8

44

5

36

47

5

40

7

-2

21

8

13

272

14

228

142

3

135

18

6

11

40

6

31

25

7

17

35

6

26

* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

HK WILL EMERGE AS MAJOR PLAYER: STI

ITS STATUS AS ONE OF THE HONG KONG WILL NOT ONLY MAINTAIN

BUT WILL ALSO EMERGE AS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRES

AND MAJOR PLAYER IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE INDUSTRY. MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF THE WING ON A

MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT A COCKTAIL RECEPTION (HOLDINGS) LTD, WHICH HAD RECENTLY FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEIYU, COMPANY OF THE SAISON GROUP OF JAPAN.

THE RECEPTION WAS HELD TO INTRODUCE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP. MR SEIJI TSUTSUMI,

/MR CHAN

SAISON