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Mr Chan reminded kindergartens to submit their applications for joining the Scheme in the 1996-97 school year to the respective District Education Officers on or before May 10 (Friday).

Enquiry about the briefing sessions should be directed to the respective District Education Officers.

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Monitors' report submitted to CS

The monitors appointed to observe the transfer of Vietnamese migrants from Section 2 of the Whitehead Detention Centre to the High Island Detention Centre last Saturday (April 13) have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary today (Monday).

The four monitors comprised two non-official Justices of the Peace, Professor Hsu Bay-sung and Mr Fan Kam-ping; and representatives from two non-governmental organisations, Mr Christopher Stokes from Medecins Sans Frontieres and Mr John Sayer from Oxfam.

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External trade figures for February

The Census and Statistics Department today (Monday) released detailed statistics on external trade with breakdown by country/territory and commodity for February.

The value of re-exports increased by 8.9% over a year earlier to $76.2 billion in February 1996,

Comparing with the same month last year, increases were recorded in the value of re-exports to Japan (+55%), France (+44%), the United Kingdom (+43%), Germany (+30%), the Netherlands (+28%), the United States (+15%) and Singapore (+2.9%).

However, the value of re-exports to Taiwan, China and South Korea decreased by 12%, 12% and 5.1% respectively.