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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1981
SIR JACK ALSO SAID THAT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICTS TO BE SPENT ON SMALL SCALE PROJECTS AS ADVISED BY THE BOARDS, ALTHOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT TO COMPUTE THE AMOUNT AT THIS STAGE.
GOVERNMENT APPROVES 11 SURVEYS
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ELEVEN CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDERS ENABLING THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT FULL STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES THIS YEAR WERE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON SAID THE ORDERS COULD BE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES: THE FIRST (EIGHT ORDERS) AUTHORISES SURVEYS ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BY SECTOR THE SECOND (ONE ORDER) FOR COLLECTING STATISTICS ON THE LABOUR SECTOR, AND THE THIRD (TWO CRDERS) AUTHORISES A CENSUS OF THE POPULATION.
THE EIGHT ORDERS IN THE FIRST CATEGORY COMPRISE:
* TWO BENCHMARK SURVEYS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
IN 1980- AND OF STORAGE, COMMUNICATION, FINANCING, INSURANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES FOR 1980-
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FOUR ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SERVICES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND
OF TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS FOR 1980-
TWO +MORE FREQUENT THAN ANNUAL SURVEYS+ - A SERIES OF QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, AND
A SERIES OF MONTHLY SURVEYS OF RETAIL SALES.
IN THE SECOND CATEGORY, WHICH CONCERNS THE LABOUR SECTOR, THERE WILL BE A SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL FOR 1981-82.
THE TWO ORDERS IN THE THIRD CATEGORY, ARE FOR THE 1981 DECENNIAL CENSUS OF THE LAND AND MARINE POPULATIONS.
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