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on the Agency Records.

The majority of her time is spent on

Registry work. She also deputises during lengthy absences of

Mr Tsee or Mrs Hamilton.

Annex !

3.

Vacancies in the Establishment

One of our three commercial assistants is now only available

for 40% of her time as she has to cover the vacant post of

assistant registrar which we are debarred from filling (see

attached Office Notice 6/79).

Annex 2

Currex 3

Annex 4

4.

Self Inspection Questionnaires (SIQs) were sent TRED 5 October 1981.

Organisational Chart and

Job Description Sheets are attached.

5.(1)The trend of total HK imports over the last five years, with a

projection over the next three-

Year

Value HK$m)

1960

5,864

1970

17,607

1976

43,293 (+ 29.3%)

1977

48,701 (+ 12.5%)

1978

63,056 (+ 29.5%)

1979

85,837 (+ 35.1%)

1980

111,651 (+ 30.1%)

As it

Hong Kong lives almost exclusively by exporting.

possesses no raw materials of its own, it follows that its propensity

to import is governed largely by its level of exports. Annexe 4

show how imports and exports have consistently described similar path

Hong Kong snapped spectacularly out of the 1975 recession with

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