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EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981
IN THE CASE OF IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE, PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANIES AND SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS EACH MADE UP 40 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL RUMLER OF ESTABLISHMENTS WITH 74 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF SALES.
PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANIES CONTRIBUTED THE LARGEST SHARE TO TOTAL VALUE ADD: 42 PER CENT IN WHOLESALE TRADE, 44 PER CENT IN RETAIL TRADE, 81 PER CENT IN IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE, 69 PER CENT IN RESTAURANTS AND 65 PER CENT IN HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES.
THE REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE AT $25 PER COPY.
GOVERNOR CHECKS ON CLEAN-UP AT SHAM SHUI PO
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
SAID ALTHOUGH HE FELT THE NEW CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WOULD BE A SUCCESS, THE REAL PROBLEM WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHER LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS.
HE WAS SPEAK ING AT THE END OF HIS VISIT TO SHAM SHUI PO THIS MORNING (WEDNESDAY) TO SEE THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
SIR MURRAY SAID HE HAD FOUND A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CLEANSING OPERATIONS, AND THESE INCLUDED ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, BROKEN PAVEMENTS (RESULTING FROM VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS) AND ABANDONED VEHICLES.
GIVING HIS IMPRESSIONS AFTER THE TOUR OF SHAM SHUI PO, SIR MURRAY SAID THE DISTRICT WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY VIGOROUS AREA COMMITTEE WORKING TO BRING THE CLEAN HONG KONG MESSAGE HOME TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATOR, MR MARTIN LEWIS, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, SHAM SHUI PO, MR SZETO LIM AND THE AREA COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE, MR FAN KAM-PING ON THE TOUR.
THE GROUP SAW USD WORKERS INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE CLEANSING OF BACKLANES, CLEARING OF ACCUMULATED JUNK AND REFUSE AND DEMOLISHING ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND CANOPIES.
AFTER SHAM SHUI PO, THE GOVERNOR PROCEEDED TO SEE THE CLEAN HONG KONG OPERATIONS IN KOWLOON CITY, AT MODEL VILLAGE, A SQUATTER COMMUNITY OF 3 000 PEOPLE.
THE GOVERNOR LATER TOURED SOME OF THE DIRTIEST STREETS IN TO KWA WAN TO SEE THE SIZE OF THE CLEAN-UP PROBLEM.