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STATISTICAL ASSISTANT

50

(WITH SPECIALISED TECHNICAL SKILLS

OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

NOT BELOW THE LEVEL OF POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA)

COMPUTING EQUIPMENT CONTROLLER

(WITH SPECIALISED TECHNICAL SKILLS

150

OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

NOT BELOW THE LEVEL OF POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA)

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THE

BE SHOULD

NOTED THAT ANY PERSON EMPLOYED IN

ABOVE OCCUPATIONS IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY EVEN THOUGH BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 13 (3)(B) AND (5) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) (SELECTION PROFESSIONAL SCHEME) ORDER 1990, THAT PERSON MAY SCORE NO POINTS FOR AND VOCATIONAL AND FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

EXPERT TALKS ON DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER

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A FIFTH ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN EXPERTS OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER WILL BE HELD IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND ON WEDNESDAY. THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE MR DOUG MARTIN. THE CHINESE TEAM WILL BE LED BY CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE MR WANG JIAJI. THEY WILL BE ASSISTED BY OTHER EXPERTS FROM THE TWO SIDES.

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PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1990

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THE PERFORMANCE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS SHOWED A CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT IN OCTOBER, WHILE RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE RAPIDLY, THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FIGURES SHOWED THAT RETAINED IMPORTS ALSO RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN OCTOBER 1990, AT $22,185 MILLION, WAS $1,336 MILLION OR 6.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN OCTOBER 1989.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY $9,854 MILLION OR 30.8 PER CENT TO $41,839 MILLION.

/TAKING DOMESTIC