MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1992
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-SEP 1992
HK$ MN.
JAN-SEP 1991 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
170,284
166,993
3,291
2.0
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(25.6%)
(30.6%)
RE-EXPORTS
495,317
378,956
116,361
30.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
665,601
545,949
119,652
21.9
IMPORTS
689,935
562,011
127,924
22.8
TRADE BALANCE
-24,334
-16,062
-8,272
OCT 91 TO
OCT 90 TO
INCREASE
LAST 12 MONTHS
SEP 92
HK$ MN.
SEP 91 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
234,336
231.269
3,067
1.3
651,202
500,261
150,941
30.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
885,538
731,530
154,008
21.1
906,906
748,673
158,233
21.1
-21,368
-17,143
-4,225
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LOCAL SHIPPING LAW TO REPLACE UK LEGISLATION
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TO REPLACE UNITED FOUR MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCES LEGISLATION HAD BEEN PASSED WHILE THE LOCALISATION OF MANY OF MERCHANT SHIPPING REGULATIONS RELATING TO SAFETY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
KINGDOM THE UK
HAD BEEN ACHIEVED,
OF THE MARITIME LAW MR MATHEWS SAID MERCHANT OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE ENGLISH STATUTES CURRENTLY
IN AN OPENING ADDRESS TO THE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, SHIPPING HAD BEEN GIVEN PRIORITY BECAUSE TO LOCALISE EXERCISE TERRITORY IN THE APPLIED TO HONG KONG.
RELATING THEIR
HE SAID A BILL WAS BEING DRAFTED TO LOCALISE THE LAWS TO THE 1974 ATHENS CONVENTION ON THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND
LIMITATION ON LUGGAGE, AND THE 1976 LONDON CONVENTION FOR MARITIME CLAIMS.
ANOTHER BILL WAS BEING DRAFTED TO REGULATE THE
CONDITIONS OF WORK FOR SEAFARERS.
OF LIABILITY
EMPLOYMENT AND
UNDERWAY то
AVIATION,
MR MATHEWS TOLD THE CONFERENCE THAT WORK WAS ALSO
AREAS SUCH AS CIVIL LOCALISE THE LAW IN OTHER IMPORTANT
CARRIAGE DISPUTES, ARBITRATION IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND DUMPING AT SEA.
BY SEA,
LOCALISATION WOULD
OF RESPECT
MADE REQUIRED TO GIVE EFFECT TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
TREATIES FOR THE WHICH APPLIED TO HONG KONG, SUCH AS FUGITIVE OFFENDERS.
ALSO PROCEED
IN
LEGISLATION
BY THE UK SURRENDER
OF
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