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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1994

TABLE 3: CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JUN 1994

WITH JUN 1993

COMPARING JAN-JUN 1994

WITH JAN-JUN 1993

X CHANGES

X CHANGES

UNIT

UNIT

END-USE CATEGORY

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

CONSUMER GOODS

21.9

0.5 21.0

15.2

0.1

15.5

17.8

1.8 17.5

10.8

1.9

10.0

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

25.2

2.7

21.1

18.0

2.1

15.0

FUELS

86.9 -16.9 125.1

11.7

-17.1

35.6

CAPITAL GOODS

30.0

1.0 28.0

8.9

1.9

6.8

ALL COMMODITIES

24.0

1.6 23.0

13.1

1.6

12.0

ACP CONTRACT AWARDED FOR SUBMARINE OUTFALL

THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBMARINE OUTFALL OFF THE NORTH LANTAU COAST AT SIU HO WAN.

BY

BY

THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $116 MILLION, WILL BE AWARDED THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO A JOINT VENTURE FORMED MCCONNELL DOWELL CONSTRUCTORS LIMITED OF NEW ZEALAND AND UNIVERSAL DOCKYARD LIMITED OF HONG KONG.

/WORKS UNDER

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