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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1993

THE

A SPOKESMAN FOR

THESE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REMINDED OF VACANCIES SUBMITTED BY SCHOOLS WOULD BE STUDENTS THAT A LIST

EDUCATION OFFICES FROM DISPLAYED AND UPDATED WEEKLY AT ALL DISTRICT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTI,

SHOULD APPLICATIONS

ВЕ ADMISSION WOULD AUTHORITIES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

ENTIRELY

BE MADE TO THESE SCHOOLS DIRECT

AT THE

OF DISCRETION

BUT THE SCHOOLS

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ANALYSIS OF HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE BY MODE OF TRANSPORT IN

PERST HALF OF 1993

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE BY OCEAN ACCOUNTED FOR 52% OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).

ANOTHER 26% WAS TRANSPORTED BY LAND AND A FURTHER 18% BY AIR. THE REST 4.8% INCLUDED SHIPMENT BY RIVER, AS POSTAL PARCELS, AND HAND- CARRIED GOODS BY PASSENGERS ON VARIOUS MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

SHIPMENT BY OCEAN AMOUNTED TO $510 BILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993, WITH AN INCREASE OF 12% OVER THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992. HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE BY LAND WENT UP BY 17% TO $252 BILLION WHILE THAT BY AIR ALSO WENT UP BY 18% TO $177 BILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993

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THE UNITED STATES REMAINED THE LARGEST DESTINATION FOR HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) BY OCEAN, ACCOUNTING FOR A SHARE OF 31% IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993. THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY OCEAN TO THE UNITED STATES WENT UP BY 10% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY OCEAN TO CHINA INCREASED BY 60% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN SEABORNE TOTAL EXPORTS TO THE OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS : GERMANY (+16%), JAPAN (+8.2%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

(+11%).

JAPAN WAS THE LARGEST SUPPLIER OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS BY OCEAN, ACCOUNTING FOR A SHARF OF 28% IN VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993. THE VALUR OF IMPORTS BY OCEAN FROM JAPAN WENT UP BY 18% IN THE FIRST IN 1993 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

HALF

INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN (+8.4%), THE UNITED STATES (+11%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+5.4%). HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM CHINA DECREASED BY 4.2%.

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IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993 THE UNITED STATES MARKET ACCOUNTED FOR 29% OF THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS BY AIR IN THE FIRST HALP OF 1993. THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY AIR TO THE UNITED STATES INCREASED BY 21% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

/THE VALUE