TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1983
CONTAINERISED EXPORTS SET ALL-TIME RECORD FOR APRIL
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HONG KONG'S EXPORTS SHIPPED BY CONTAINER THROUGH THE KWAI CHUNG PORT LAST MONTH SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL IN TERMS OF WEIGHT AND VOLUME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS SHOW THAT THIS CONTAINERISED CARGO TOTALLED 423 268 TONS, UP BY 8.35 PER CENT IN WEIGHT OVER APRIL LAST YEAR.
VOLUME INCREASE WAS 9.05 PER CENT.
IN TERMS OF TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS (TEU'S), LAST MONTH'S TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT HANDLED AT KWAI CHÚNG INCREASED BY 6.71 PER CENT OVER APRIL 1982.
THE NUMBER OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WHICH ENTERED PORT FROM JANUARY TO APRIL INCREASED BY 0.52 PER CENT OVER THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS LAST YEAR, FROM 3 680 TO 3 699.
HOWEVER, THE IR NET TONNAGES INCREASED BY 4.7 PER CENT, FROM 20.51 MILLION TO 21.47 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MARCH SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED STATISTICS FROM THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR MARCH 1983.
ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) CONTINUED TO IMPROVE IN MARCH 1983.
ICTS
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE BIGGEST INCREASE OCCURRED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXTILES, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
EMPLOYMENT
TAKING ALL THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED AS A WHOLE INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN MARCH 1983, COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES SHOWED INCREASES WHILE THAT IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES RECORDED SLIGHT DECLINES.
/PAYROLL te