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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1991

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

33,522

29,948

3,574

11.9

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(32.2%)

(36.4%)

RE-EXPORTS

70,482

52.406

18.076

34.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

104,004

82,354

21,650

26.3

IMPORTS

105,669

81,564

24, 105

29.6

TRADE BALANCE

-1,665

790

-2,455

MAR 90 TO

MAR 89 TO

INCREASE

LAST 12 MONTHS'

FEB 91

HK$ MN.

FEB 90 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

229,449

222,749

6,700

3.0

432,075

350,172

81,903

23.4

661,524

572,921

88,603

15.5

IMPORT'S

TRADE BALANCE

666.636

562,739

103,897

18.5

-5,112

10, 182

-15,294

SETTLEMENT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN

SETTLEMENT OF COURT

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY)

THE WELCOMED OF THE NINE

INVOLVING EIGHT PROCEEDINGS VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHOSE SCREENING WAS UNDER JUDICIAL REVIEW.

"

BY

PRAGMATIC

"THE APPLICANTS HAD HOPED TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN WAS POSSIBLE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. "WE ARE GLAD THAT A THESE PROCEEDINGS, SOLUTION HAS BEEN REACHED."

PROLONGING A AGREED ΤΟ THE

HE ADDED THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO AVOID CONCLUSION AT FURTHER PUBLIC COST, THE GOVERNMENT HAD APPLICANTS' REQUEST TO RECONSIDER THEIR CASES INFORMALLY.

SHOWS

"WE BELIEVE THE JUDGEMENT IN THE FIRST OF THE NINE CASES WE HAVE OPERATED A SCREENING PROCESS WHICH IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND FAIR.

MIGRANTS

IN

THE

SCREENING

VIETNAMESE "THE MESSAGE WE WISH TO GET ACROSS TO

CHANGING INTENTION OF

THE HONG KONG IS THAT THERE IS NO

WITH ACCORDANCE IN SCREENING

OUT WILL POLICY. WE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED

WILL CONTINUE

HAVE TO RETURN TO VIETNAM,

"

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

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