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InURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994

LAND DATA DIGITISATION CONTRACT SIGNED

THE LANDS A CONTRACT FOR DIGITISING LAND DATA MAINTAINED BY

AND SURVEY

MAPPING OFFICE DEPARTMENT'S

(SMO) WAS AWARDED TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A MAINLAND CHINESE COMPANY.

CONTRACT THE

MR GORDON

WAS

LAND

PRINCIPAL SIGNED BETWEEN

GOVERNMENT

SURVEYOR

ANDREASSEND FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND MR FANG HENG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHINA SIWEI SURVEYING AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, BEIJING, CHINA.

MAPPING

TENDER BID RUN

SIWEI WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOLLOWING AN OPEN EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO OVER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD.

THE GRAPHICAL DATA WHICH IS PLOTTED AT A SCALE OF 1:1000 ON THE OFFICE IS BASIC MAPPING SERIES MAINTAINED BY THE SURVEY AND MAPPING BEING DIGITISED AS A DATA LAYER THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.

SIWEI WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVERTING THE DATA INTO

DIGITAL

FORMAT.

MR ANDREASSEND, WHO VISITED SIWEI'S FACILITIES IN BEIJING THREE MONTHS AGO, SAID: "THE SMO IS SATISFIED THAT SIWEI HAS THE COMPETENCE SPECIFICATIONS. WE AND THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO MEET THE CONTRACT BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING GOOD WORKING RELATIONS.

ESTABLISHED THE SMO HAS MR ANDREASSEND

"PREVIOUS CONTRACTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE HAVE BEEN WITH AN AUSTRALIAN FIRM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OF THIS TYPE WITH A PRC FIRM, ADDED.

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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JUNE 1994 RELEASED

RELEASED

BREAKDOWN

BY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY)

ON EXTERNAL DETAILED STATISTICS

TRADE COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR JUNE 1994.

WITH

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1994, AT $80.3 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 20% OVER JUNE 1993.

SHOWED

DESTINATIONS:

VARIOUS MAGNITUDES WERE OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES OF RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL OF THE MAIN

(+22%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+35%), THE UNITED STATES (+24%), JAPAN

KINGDOM (+15%), TAIWAN CHINA (+19%), SINGAPORE (+19%), THE UNITED (+13%), FRANCE (+11%), THE NETHERLANDS (+8.0%) AND GERMANY (+7.9%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO MAIN DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

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/THE VALUE