WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1977
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THE VISITORS WERE BRIEFED ON THE WORK WHICH WOULD BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD-TEXACO ROAD INTERCHANGE TO PROVIDE AN EASY ACCESS INTO TSUEN WAN AND EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THIS BUSY JUNCTION.
SIR MURRAY THEN CALLED AT THE LEK MUK SHUE COMMUNITY HALL AND HELD A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN RECREATION AND AMENITIES COMMITTEE.
THE LAST STOP WAS AT THE KWAI CHUNG POLICE STATION. HERE SIR MURRAY WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER,
NEW TERRITORIES, MR. J.H. GRIEVE. HE LEARNED THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BEAT RADIO SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG HAD PRODUCED GOOD RESULTS, WITH THE BEAT POLICEMEN NOW EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY EMPLOYED.
THE GOVERNOR LATER VISITED THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT POLICE CONTROL ROOM AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEE.
EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES
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A TOTAL OF 260,700 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN MARCH THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE WHOLESALE TRADES INCLUDED IMPORT AND EXPORT BUSINESSES.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS A DECLINE OF ABOUT 3,500 PERSONS OR 1.3 PER CENT FROM THE 264,190 ENGAGED LAST DECEMBER. COMPARED WITH MARCH LAST YEAR HOWEVER, EMPLOYMENT WAS UP BY 6,320 PERSONS OR 2.5 PER CENT.
OF THE 260,700 PERSONS ENGAGED THIS MARCH, 122,920 WERE IN RETAIL TRADE, 22,430 IN WHOLESALE TRADE, 79,480 IN IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS AND 35,870 IN A COMBINATION OF IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES.
THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY ALSO SHOWS 93,460 PERSONS WORKING IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS, AN INCREASE OF 3,450 OR 3.8 PER CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1976 AND 16,810 IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES, A SLIGHT DECLINE OF 60 OR 0.4 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1976, AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OF
7,460 PERSONS OR 8.7 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS, AND 310 OR 1.9 PER CENT IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES.
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