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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1992

THE DIRECTOR

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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OR

WILL BE ENABLED

OBTAIN A MEDICAL

A CHILD ASSESSMENT OF A CHILD BY ISSUING

CHILD NOTICE TO THE CHILD'S PARENT REQUIRING HIM OR HER TO BRING THE FOR AN ASSESSMENT BY A DOCTOR OR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

THE BILL ALSO STIPULATES THAT THE DIRECTOR OF WILL BE REQUIRED

SOCIAL WELFARE 48 HOURS, A CHILD OR

TO MAKE APPLICATION TO A COURT WITHIN INSTEAD OF EIGHT DAYS, OF ANY REMOVAL OR DETENTION OF JUVENILE UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.

IN ADDITION, ALL REFERENCES TO SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR WOMEN THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE WILL BE REMOVED SO THAT IT WILL APPLY TO FEMALE AND MALE CHILDREN AND JUVENILES.

IN

EQUALLY

THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE APRIL 8 THIS YEAR.

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY

* *

COUNCIL ON

IN FEBRUARY 1992, BOTH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL

A YEAR EARLIER, INCREASES OVER

THE THESE ARE SHOWN IN

TRADE

AND RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS

FIGURES

DEPARTMENT.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE SHARPLY BY $17,920 57.0% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $49,381 MILLION IN FEBRUARY.

PROVISIONAL STATISTICS

MILLION OR

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ALSO SHOWED A MARKED INCREASE, BY $3,144 MILLION OR 21.9% TO $17,490 MILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

OF

$21,064

TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE EXPORTS, TOTAL

AT $66,871 MILLION IN FEBRUARY

WAS 1992, MILLION OR 46.0% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.

MEANWHILE, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED MARKEDLY BY $23,166 MILLION OR 51.5% TO $68,175 MILLION.

AS THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS WAS SMALLER THAN THAT OF TOTAL IMPORTS, A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $1,304 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 1.9%. OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, WAS RECORDED IN FEBRUARY 1992.

THIS COMPARES WITH THE SURPLUS OF $798 MILLION, EQUIVALENT 1.8% OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, RECORDED IN FEBRUARY 1991.

TO

IN VIEW OF THE VOLATILITY OF THE TRADE FIGURES AT THE BEGINNING OF A YEAR, IT IS USEFUL TO MAKE COMPARISONS OVER A LONGER PERIOD.

IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING FEBRUARY 1992, THE VALUE EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $140,876 MILLION, $33,633 MILLION OR 31.4% THAN A YEAR EARLIER.

OF

RE- HIGHER

/THE VALUE