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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1993

THE POLICE WILL ISSUE A WARNING LETTER TO THE ARRES TEN PERSONS ADVISING THEM THAT THEIR ACTIONS WERE UNLAWFUL AND CAUSED AN ILLEGAL OBSTRUCTION TO A MAJOR PUBLIC ROAD. THE ARRESTED PERSONS WERE RELEASED FROM BAIL UNCONDITIONALLY THIS EVENING.

THE PUBLIC ARE AGAIN ADVISED THAT ON PUBLIC SAFETY GROUNDS, THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTEST, DEMONSTRATION OR THE HANDING IN OF PETITIONS.

ANY FURTHER DEMONSTRATION SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE MARCH 25, 1993 WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND THE LAW WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.'

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EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MARCH

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) RELEASED DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN BY COUNTRY AND COMMODITY FOR MARCH THIS YEAR.

COMPARING MARCH 1993 WITH MARCH 1992, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM RECORDED INCREASES OF 16%, 15%, 12% AND 5.0% RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS: TAIWAN (-21%), JAPAN (-14%), CANADA (-10%), GERMANY (-4.6%), THE UNITED STATES (-3.0%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (-1.8%).

FOR ALL DESTINATIONS TAKEN TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR MARCH 1993 INCREASED BY 1.7% OVER MARCH 1992 ΤΟ $17,343 MILLION,

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND CHINA INCREASED BY 24%, 22% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORT'S TO OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS; GERMANY (-14%), CANADA {-14%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-12%), JAPAN (-10%), THE NETHERLANDS (~9.1%) THE UNITED STATES (-6.0%).

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FOR ALL DESTINATIONS TAKEN TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WAS $48,709 MILLION, ABOUT THE SAME AS IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PART'S THEREOF (BY $1,176 MILLION OR 29%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $486 MILLION OR 18%); TEXTILES (BY $424 MILLION OR 13%); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $161 MILLION OR 3.6%).

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