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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1991

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IN 1990, HONG KONG IMPORTED NEARLY HK$15 BILLION WORTH OF GOODS OUR TOTAL IMPORTS FROM FROM GERMANY, REPRESENTING 23.6 PER CENT OF

THE REC.

IMPORTS FROM GERMANY

INTO HONG

HAVE KONG

INCREASED

AT

AN

ANNUAL AVERAGE RATE OF ABOUT 18 PER CENT SINCE 1981.

AS SOME "ALTHOUGH WE MAY BE REGARDED BY MARKET, OUR IMPORTS PER CAPITA FROM GERMANY ARE

MAJOR TRADING THAN OUR PER CAPITA IMPORTS FROM OTHER

A RELATIVELY SMALL SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER BUCH

PARTNERS

AS AUSTRALIA, THE USA, CANADA, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA.

"80, DESPITE OUR SIZE, WE ARE NOT A MARKET TO BE NEGLECTED.

"FULL MARKS ΤΟ

CAN QUALITY OF A MARKET CONSUMERS, HE SAID.

"

SPOTTING FOR

THAT THE AS THE MERE NUMBER OF

AS

BUSINESSMEN GERMAN

IMPORTANT BE

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, MR CHAU SAID THEY NOW 65 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS.

"I

ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT

MARKET, FOLLOWING

ALSO A

CENTRE FOR RE-EXPORT

OF

RE-EXPORT LARGEST FOURTH 'GERMANY IS OUR CHINA, THE USA, AND JAPAN," HE SAID.

MR CHAU SAID HONG KONG WAS GERMAN 'GOODS TO COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.

"IN 1990, 37 PER CENT OF GERMAN IMPORTS INTO HONG KONG WERE RE- EXPORTED, MAINLY TO CHINA, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN.

BELIEVE ""I

IS THERE

THEREFORE

THE FURTHER POTENTIAL FOR

GOODS FROM HONG KONG HE THE OPPORTUNITIES, OF

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE RE-EXPORT TRADE FOR GERMAN AND I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE FULL

ADVANTAGE

SAID.

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PUBLIC WISDOM SOUGHT ON UNATTENDED CHILDREN PROBLEM

9ET UP WORK-BASED AT THE SAME TIME, TO

EMPLOYERS ARE TODAY (FRIDAY) ENCOURAGED TO CHILD CARE CENTRES TO BOOST STAFF MORALE AND, PREVENT YOUNG CHILDREN FROM BRING LEFT ALONE AT HOME.

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL ANNOUNCE DETAILS ON MEASURES AGAINST

THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT

TO AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WELFARE, MR ANTHONY CHAN,

CONSULTATION EXERCISR OF A THREE-MONTH PUBLIC LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.

CHILD EXISTING “PARENTS SHOULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THR

CARE OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE AND AFTER - SCHOOL SERVICES, INCLUDING

CARE AT HOME," MR SERVICES, INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN ALONE CHAN SAID.

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