CALENDAR YEAR-TO-DATE
JAN-MAY 1991
6
JAN-MAY 1990
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1991
INCREASE/DECREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
暑
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
86, 113
81,693
4,420
5.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(31.1%)
(35.4%)
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
190,798
148,901
41,897
28.1
276,911
230,594
46,317
20.1
295,630
239,812
55,818
23.3
- 18,719
-9,218
-9,501
JUN 90 TO
JUN 89 TO
INCREASE/DECREASE
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAY 91
HK$ MN.
MAY 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
230,296
222,694
7,602
3.4
455,895
364,097
91,798
25.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
686,191
586,791
99,400
16.9
698,348
576,024
122,324
21.2
-12,157
10,767
-22,924
NO QUESTION OF ABANDONING NEW AIRPORT PROJECT: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT WAS NO QUESTION OF ABANDONING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.
THERE
A DUTY VISIT ON HIS RETURN FROM
ΤΟ SPEAKING
REPORTERS TO
BUT YOU LONDON, SIR DAVID SAID: "IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF ABANDONING, CAN TAKE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WORDS IF YOU LIKE, SLIPPAGE TO MY MIND IS THE RIGHT SORT OF WORD."
"IT'S WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO SOMETHING PRECISELY
HAS TIMING YOU
ORIGINALLY HAD
THOUGHT OF, BUT THERE SLIPPAGE; SLIPPAGE IS THE RIGHT WORD IN THAT CONTEXT,
++
TO BE HE SAID.
ON THE SOME
THE
THE NEXT ROUND OF HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN SAID GOVERNOR
ADDING: "BECAUSE IT AIRPORT TALKS WOULD BE WITH THE CHINESE SIDE, DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON WHETHER IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE, FURTHER TALKS."
WHETHER
TENDER DATE
FOR THE
LANTAU
FIXED
I
WITH
WHEN ASKED
THE CROSSING WOULD BE POSTPONED, SIR DAVID SAID: "I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WENT TO LONDON AND SOMETIME AGO, THAT IF WE DON'T GET AGREEMENT THE CHINESE; THE SORT OF SENSIBLE, PRACTICAL AGREEMENT WE ARE LOOKING
ENABLE TO
WITH FOR
US
PROJECT, THE TO GO AHEAD CONSEQUENCE IS THAT THERE MUST BE SOME SLIPPAGE.
זז
THE
INEVITABLE
"BUT
IS THERE
NO MAGIC ABOUT CERTAIN DATES. ORIGINAL TIMETABLE
INEVITABLY HAVE SOME SLIPPAQE WILL
IT'S
JUST
THE
IN
IT.."
HE
ADDED.
/WHEN ASKED
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