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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

JAN-NOV 1991

HK$ MN.

JAN-NOV 1990 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

208,746

205,663

3,083

1.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(30.2%)

(35.3%)

RE-EXPORTS

482,354

377,238

105, 116

27.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

691.100

582,901

108, 199

18.6

IMPORTS

702,008

583,172

118,836

20.4

TRADE BALANCE

-10,908

-271

-10,637

LAST 12 MONTHS'

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

DEC 90 TO

DEC 89 TO

INCREASE

NOV 91

HK$ MN.

NOV 90 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

228,958

225,579

3,379

1.5

519,115

406,824

112,291

27.6

748,073

632,403

115,670

18.3

761,366

630,617

130,749

20.7

-13,293

1,786

-15,079

AN EVENTFUL YEAR FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH HAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR IN WHICH WITNESSES IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF WORK COMES UNDER THE BRANCH, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND

OF THE ORDINATION OF MEASURES FOR DECLARATION.

THE IMPLEMENTATION

1991 THAT

CO-

JOINT

THE

REVIEWING THE YEAR 1991 AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW YEAR,

SZE, SAID TODAY SECRETARY

AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL (FRIDAY) THAT AMONG THE MAJOR TASKS TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR WAS REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS.

THE HE NOTED THAT

REVIEW WILL LOOK INTO THE INDEPENDENT BODY TO ORGANISE AND OVERSEE ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES.

THE

FOR NEED ΤΟ DEMARCATE

AN

AND

AGE, THE IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF MINIMUM VOTING

SYSTEM THE

OF VOTING ACTIVITIES, OF CAMPAIGN REGULATION

FOR VOTERS THE QUALIFICATION CONSTITUENCIES, GEOGRAPHICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES.

IN

IN

"WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REVIEW IS COMPLETED BY MID- IN PLACE BY 1992, SO THAT ANY CHANGES ARISING FROM IT WILL BE PUT 1993, IN TIME FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF ELECTIONS STARTING IN LATE HE SAID.

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1994,

/ON THE