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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1990
TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH OCTOBER 1988
COMPARING JAN-OCT 1989 WITH JAN-OCT 1988
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
%
%%
%
FOODSTUFFS
-10
3
-13
3
6
-3
CONSUMER GOODS
45
6
36
46
6
38
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
-3
6
-9
15
7
8
FUELS
169
23
120
147
6
132
CAPITAL GOODS
9
4
לון
5
31
6
24
ALL COMMODITIES
20
6
13
31
6
23
EXCITING CHANGE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HK INDUSTRIES
OPPORTUNITY
THE 1990'S WILL DE YEARS OF EXCITING CHANGE AND FOR HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.
"THERE WILL NO DOUBT BE SURPRISES IN STORE, BUT THE FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR HAS ALWAYS ENABLED US ΤΟ RESPOND WITH ENVIABLE SPEED TO CHANGING CONDITIONS,
"
"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR TRADITIONAL RESILIENCE IN THE COMING DECADE, MR BARMA TOLD TOY TRADERS AND MANUFACTURERS AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONG KONG TOYS COUNCIL AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
HE SAID IT WAS A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT THE TOYS INDUSTRY WAS FAST APPROACHING THE LIMITS OF COST-REDUCTION THROUGH RELOCATION OF LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES OFFSHORE.
MR BARMA SAID MOST TOYS MANUFACTURERS WOULD CONTINUE TO HANDLE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MARKETING, FINANCING, MATERIALS SOURCING, MOULD DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING, QUALITY CONTROL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN HONG KONG, WHETHER THE MAIN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG, CHINA OR ELSEWHERE.
/TO THESE
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