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The spokesman emphasised that the Government was considering very carefully the question of responsibility and liability for the accident, particularly in the light of the verdict of the Coroner's Court yesterday (Wednesday).
He said the international slope expert, Professor Norbert Morgenstern, who had produced a comprehensive report on this issue, did not share the view that the Government was to blame for the disaster.
"Nor is it the view of the Government," he added.
The spokesman said Professor Morgenstern was generally satisfied with the approach to slope safety in Hong Kong and had made a number of important recommendations.
"We have undertaken to implement all the recommendations and are committed to pursuing it," he stressed.
End/Thursday, December 8, 1994
Volume and price movements of external trade in September 1994
In the first nine months of 1994, the volume of re-exports recorded an increase of 14% over the same period last year, while the volume of domestic exports decreased by 3.7%, the statistics released today (Thursday) by the Census and Statistics Department showed.
Taking re-exports and domestic exports together, the volume of total exports increased by 10%. Meanwhile, imports increased by 13% in volume.
The growth in the volume of trade is derived from the growth in trade values with the effect of price changes being discounted.
As regards price changes over the same period of comparison, the prices of re- exports and domestic exports increased by 0.9% and 1.4% respectively. Import prices increased by 2.0%.
Price changes are reflected by changes in unit value indices, which are compiled based on average unit values or, for certain commodities, based on specific price data.
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