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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION WAS AS FOLLOWS:-
93,524 PERSONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 411,294 IN KOWLOON, AND
121,574 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES WILL DIFFER FROM THOSE ALREADY
PUBLISHED AND BASED ON INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGISTERED OR
RECORDED WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THIS IS BECAUSE SUCH UNDER-
TAKINGS, BY THEIR LEGAL DEFINITION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE, ARE FOUND IN
SECTORS OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. WITHIN THE MANŲ–
FACTURING SECTOR ITSELF, ONLY THOSE REGISTERED OR RECORDED
ALTHOUGH THE GREAT MAJORITY ARE INCLUDED.
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EACH SET OF FIGURES HAS ITS OWN USES AND BOTH WILL CONTINUE
TO BE MADE PUBLIC, A CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID.
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