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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990

EFFORT OF STRIDES HAD THE OLD AND

SHE STRESSED THAT IT WAS ONLY THROUGH THE CONCERTED SO MANY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, INCLUDING HELPING HAND, THAT BEEN MADE IN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CARE FRAIL.

SERVICES

FOR

"THERE IS A CHINESE SAYING THAT

'A JOURNEY OF 10,000 MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP'. EACH NEW PROJECT, EACH NEW HOME THAT IS OPENED, IS ANOTHER STEP ALONG THE WAY.

DAY

"HOPEFULLY MANY, MANY MORE SUCH STEPS WILL BE

TAKEN, BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SO THAT SOON, WE WILL SEE A WHEN NO ONE IN DIRE NEED WILL EVER BE KEPT WAITING, LADY WILSON ADDED.

"

LADY WILSON SAID IT WAS A FITTING MEMORIAL TO HAVE THE HOME HAND WHO SPENT NAMED AFTER MRS CHRISTA TISDALL, FOUNDER OF HELPING

OF MANY YEARS OF HER LIFE HERE IN HONG KONG PROMOTING THE CAUSE

CARE

FOR THE ELDERLY,

"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HELPING HAND, ITS GROWTH AND EXPANSION, BUT, MORE IMPORTANT, IT'S CONTINUING DESIRE TO CARE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON, IS PARTLY DUE TO THOSE EARLY SEEDS SOWN BY CHRISTA AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS," SHE SAID.

LADY WILSON PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT.

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"I KNOW THIS HOME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE EFFORT AND WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE THE JOCKEY CLUB FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS AND WORKMANSHIP, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS," SHE SAID,

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IN

HELPING

1989 EXPORTS STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY ORIGIN

HAND

APPAREL,

THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1989 WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING; WEARING

EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS; AND KNITWEAR; PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; BASIC

AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, ACCORDING TO THE

BY THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY)

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

DEPARTMENT.

METALS

THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 81.9 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1989.

LARGEST

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE

INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1989 OVER 1988 WERE: TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$3,620 MILLION); WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR (+$2,081 MILLION); MACHINERY, EXCEPT (+$1,083 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$858 MILLION); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$483 MILLION).

/IN PERCENTAGE